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There is increasing evidence that the Colorado Avalanche wants to sacrifice Gabriel Landeskog.
According to information, there has been a real rift between the player and the club.
– They have not talked to each other in a week, says NHL insider David Pagnotta on Twitter.
For ten years Gabriel Landeskog has been a key player in the Colorado Avalanche. Nine of those years he has also been team captain but now the future looks very uncertain.
Future in the NHL
Landeskog would like to stay as the team is building a potential Stanley Cup winning team, but now there is worrying information. The Swede’s contract is about to expire and there are now reports of a clear rift in the negotiations between players and club.
The respected NHL insiders Darren Dreger and David Pagnotta reports on Twitter that it is now completely silent from Colorado’s side and that the negotiations have stalled.
– They have not talked to each other in a week, it has been completely quiet. They are far apart. I wonder if Colorado only plays “mind games” to make him sweat a little, or if they are actually looking at other alternatives, Pagnotta says in a video on Twitter.
Received three bids
Journalists Andy Strickland announces in turn that Avalanche has submitted three offers to Landeskog for a contract extension. A four-year contract of $ 6.5 million per year, a five-year contract of $ 7 million per year and an eight-year contract of $ 5.125 million per year.
According to information, Landeskog is prepared to go down in salary to stay in Colorado, but he is not willing to go down to a level around 5-6 million dollars. If Landeskog were to enter the open market, he could receive offers of 9-10 million dollars per year from other NHL clubs, Strickland states.
Can be sacrificed
The Colorado Avalanche has recently rebuilt the team and therefore had problems staying below the salary cap. The team already has big stars like Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar which is higher up in the ranking than Landeskog.
In order to keep the star trio, it may instead be the 28-year-old Swede who is forced to sacrifice and is allowed to leave the club. There are already a number of other NHL teams ready to beat Gabriel Landeskog if he is forced to leave Avalanche.
