Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog rejoins team after conditioning stint

Gabe Landeskog has returned to the Colorado Avalanche after playing the first two AHL games of his career Landeskog who has not played for the Avs since Competition of the Stanley Cup Final joined the Colorado Eagles on a conditioning assignment last week The Avalanche captain practiced Wednesday with the Eagles then played for them on Friday and Saturday nights He scored a goal and had an assist in the Saturday event The Eagles have three more games this week to conclude their regular season but Landeskog s assignment was for a maximum of six days The Avs could have petitioned the NHL for an extension but he is rejoining the big club instead Related Articles Avalanche rallies with huge third-period tops Ducks in regular-season finale Depleted Avalanche drops second straight falls to Kings in penultimate regular-season tournament Keeler Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog s return gives Colorado Stanley Cup vibes again Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog will play again Saturday for Eagles Avalanche Journal Cale Makar s remarkable feat through his teammates eyes Colorado s regular season ended Sunday night with a comeback win in Anaheim The Avalanche will play Contest of an opening-round series against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center likely on Saturday or Sunday Landeskog did not play in a hockey contest for days because of issues with his right knee stemming from an accidental skate cut just above the knee in Edmonton during the completion of the - season He played through key pain during the Stanley Cup Playoffs and has had several procedures to fix the knee the largest part latest being knee ligament replacement surgery in May No participant has had that procedure and returned to play in the NHL but Lonzo Ball had it done in March and returned for the Chicago Bulls this season Want more Avalanche news Sign up for the Avalanche Insider to get all our NHL analysis