Avalanche F Landeskog (LBI) 'won't skate anytime soon'
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Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog is expected to miss the start of the 2022-23 season due to a lingering lower-body injury.
Landeskog's regular season ended last year when he had knee surgery in March. He returned for the playoffs and posted 11 goals and 20 points in 20 games as the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup.
"'Landy' is dealing with an injury from last season, lower-body, and he's not ready to go," Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said Thursday. "We don't have a timetable yet for putting him on the ice.
"He won't skate anytime soon."
The 29-year-old scored 30 goals and posted 59 points in 51 games last season and was on pace for a career year before undergoing surgery.
Landeskog is signed through the 2028-29 season at a cap hit of $7 million on the eight-year extension he signed last summer.
Selected second overall by the Avalanche in the 2011 NHL Draft, Landeskog has 248 goals and 571 points in 738 career games.