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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 12 at 2:48 p.m.
Thread: cap circumvention
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BigVuVu</b></div><div>So Landeskog may be magically healthy for playoffs and cleared to play. Avs doing it too. What a shocker.</div></div>

Chris MacFarland playing the really, really, really long game. Like so long that they purposefully ended their chance to repeat as champions just so they could fool the NHL.

This morning, from Pierre LeBrun:

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheAthletic</b></div><div>The Colorado Avalanche’s captain hasn’t played since raising the Stanley Cup over his head two years ago.

And there’s still no exact timeline for Gabriel Landeskog’s return. There’s hope he could be back sometime in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, but there’s no guarantee of it.

“Everything is going good. It’s just that this is such a unique, unfortunate injury,” Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland told The Athletic this past weekend. “We’re in uncharted territory. It’s a long recovery. They told us 12 to 16 months.”

Landeskog had cartilage transplant surgery on his right knee last May, so he’s currently 10 months into that recovery. And as much as the Avs have Stanley Cup aspirations again this spring, the 31-year-old Landeskog also has five years on his contract after this one, and the team isn’t going to let short-term goals affect the bigger picture in his recovery. They’re playing the long game with him, especially given that he’s had three procedures on the same knee over the last few years, although the last one last May was a completely different thing.

So yes, he could be back in these playoffs, but he won’t be rushed back.

“For a hockey player, there’s no info on this (type of surgery and recovery),” MacFarland said. “It’s unique. And Gabe is doing great, but there’s still a lot of runway before we know, unfortunately, when he’s going to be good to go.

“In terms of the recovery process, everything is good. The procedure is good, his checkups have been good. He’s feeling good. So there’s hope, but I’d be lying if I said the when and where and how the next few months are going to look. I don’t know. I don’t think anybody knows.”</div></div>

It's almost like your outrage is completely manufactured and based on nothing.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 7 at 9:57 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 5 at 3:25 p.m.
Thread: Leafs - Pens Avs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HollywoodHudon</b></div><div>COL needs a much more reliable backup - Sammy is that</div></div>

Reliable? Are you joking? The dude was literally so bad 6 weeks ago that ya'll put him on waivers and nobody would have dared to claim him. Now he's worth Byram? C'mon.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HollywoodHudon</b></div><div>nowhere else to go really to get a better/more affordable backup for the playoffs</div></div>

Says who? I'd rather spend a draft pick on Nedeljkovic or Kahkonen than get Samsonov for free, let alone for that package.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HollywoodHudon</b></div><div>Sammy could likely be extended as well for around $2.5m on a multi yr deal.</div></div>

Annunen has back to back shutouts and has allowed one regulation goal against in his past 9 periods. The Avs don't need a backup next season. Even if they elect to go that route and target Samsonov, they could get him for free over the summer.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 5 at 2:05 p.m.
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