The Colorado Avalanche are set to be without key players for an undetermined amount of time due to injuries and suspension. Despite this, the team will rely on veterans like Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen to keep them afloat until their cast returns. The team also welcomes back Jonathan Drouin and Logan O'Connor, who will provide much-needed scoring …
DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche will be without forward Jonathan Drouin for their first-round playoff series against Winnipeg due to a lower-body injury. Hopefully we get him back sooner than later.” The third overall pick by Tampa Bay in 2013, Drouin has played in 564 career regular-season games, with 96 goals. “That’s a tough one for us,” forward Zach Parise …
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog sees a much clearer path back to the ice even if he’s not expected to play this season. “But I think having digested that part of it for the last 4 1/2 months and knowing that I wasn’t going to be a part of it, has made it a little bit easier.. …
DENVER — Gabriel Landeskog just couldn’t get his surgically repaired right knee ready for another playoff run. “We’ve given it our best shot,” said Landeskog, who missed the entire regular season following surgery in October. “It hasn’t worked out.” Landeskog’s injury stems back to the 2020 bubble season when he was sliced by a skate in a playoff game against …
