Gabriel Landeskog hasn’t been on the ice with the team since hoisting the Stanley Cup in 2022. After the season he had cartilage replacement surgery the following May and has been on a long and tedious recovery, with speculation of his return coming and going every season since.
This year, many fans hoped to see him back on the ice; however, it was apparent that the Captain still wasn’t ready to return. Over the past week however, Landeskog was filmed practicing with his squad with Monday making it his fourth straight practice.
Though his return is still questionable, the fact that he’s on the ice practicing and shooting the puck is an enormous plus for fans who would love to see him make it back in time for the Playoffs.
The Avs have won four of their last five including a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens over the weekend and a 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday of last week.
This week the Avs are at home to host the Detroit Red Wings (Tues., Mar. 25 @ 7 p.m. Results not available at the time of this writing.), the L.A. Kings (Thur., Mar. 27 @ 8 p.m.) and the St. Louis Blues (Sat., Mar. 29 @ 2:30 p.m.). The Avs are fourth in the Western Conference and third in the Central Division.
In other sports the Denver Nuggets have seen better days losing three of their last five to the L.A. Lakers (without Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Christian Braun) in L.A., the Portland Trailblazers in Portland and the Chicago Bulls at home on Monday night. The Nuggets are currently in third place in the Western Conference two and a half games out from the Houston Rockets.
The Nuggets are at home this week, to host the Milwaukee Bucks (Wed., Mar. 26 @ 7 p.m.) and the Utah Jazz (Fri., Mar. 28 @ 7 p.m.).
The Colorado Rockies have one remaining Spring training game this week against the Minnesota Twins (results of game not available at the time of this writing) before kicking off their season in Tampa Bay Florida to face the Rays this Friday in a three-game series. The Rockies will then head to Philadelphia to face the Phillies in a three-game series before kicking off their home opener against the Athletics.
Back in January the National Women’s Soccer League announced that Denver would be home to the newest (16th) franchise. Last week Denver’s National Women’s Soccer League club announced plans to build a 14,500-seat stadium at Santa Fe Yards along I-25.
