This is how I feel brother guy. I think he looks good enough to get going early, maybe even opening night. Having Landy back is going to be such a boost to this team morale wise. Player wise, if we even get 75% Landy, that's a huge W.
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This is how I feel brother guy. I think he looks good enough to get going early, maybe even opening night. Having Landy back is going to be such a boost to this team morale wise. Player wise, if we even get 75% Landy, that's a huge W.
Avs_19
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Good news and I would say further supports what we saw yesterday. Definitely ramping things up on that knee now.
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Gumballhead
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Man, the boost this team would get in so many ways if he makes this comeback...
SirLoinOfCloth
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What's more likely is his first game back at Ball Arena the crowd will be so f***ing loud he will permanently lose his hearing.
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Hopefully his skating is still NHL caliber...
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wayninja
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This is exciting. "He might be ready" is the most optimistic thing I've heard since "we hope to have him for the playoffs" and when we heard "we hope to have him at the start of the season" last year.
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Skating, timing, reaction time...
He missed the last 195 regular season games, he's turning 32 in November and the play in the NHL is f***ing fast. Regardless of his knee capacity it's not certain that he can overcome that kind of rust. No amount of good will or off ice training can help with that.
The good news is, if he's still quick enough to follow the play, his body had time to heal pretty much all the other battle injuries that he accumulated over the years so that long break might extend his career a bit.
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expatriatedtexan
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I'm really banking on that last bit actually allowing for him to compensate for a decrease in scoring. However, I do believe that after six to eight months of competitive games, his timing has a good chance of getting back on track. But the key is he's got to be still be 7M worth of effective in other ways if the scoring truly does dry up. That means, he's going to have to be more Viking Landy. He's going to be more physical, he's going to be more of a stick up for your team-mates guy since he won't have EJ helping him anymore. He's going to be excellent meat and potatoes hockey and his defensive play needs to get back to normal as quickly as possible. If that happens, you then toss in his leadership and the rising cap and 7M for Landy being Landy but with reduced offensive scoring is probably still a good deal.
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I have one expectation and I mean one.
That is Landy comes back before December ends and we'll all be tits out!
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Inb4 he becomes a 7m winger version of Ryjo if he can't skate (but for 5 years and not 1 year like Ryjo).
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He'll never be a lazy player. At least we know we'll always get some hustle and drive out of Landy.
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Landeskog is too smart, too much of a competitor and - frankly - too loyal to the Avs organization to undertake all the surgery and the rehab and the practicing if he didn't think he could play at an NHL level. Guy has been an elite player for 10 years - he knows what's required to compete in the NHL. If he didn't think he could do it, the Avs and we would know by now and MacSakic would spending his money.
He wouldn't selfishly hamstring the organization financially on a pipe dream. They would have scheduled his retirement ceremony already and he'd have his office picked out at Kroenkeville.
The fact that that it hasn't happened yet tells me he's gonna play and play at a level that's familiar to all of us. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
When that guy hits the ice at Ball Arena the roof will come off the place.
He wouldn't selfishly hamstring the organization financially on a pipe dream. They would have scheduled his retirement ceremony already and he'd have his office picked out at Kroenkeville.
The fact that that it hasn't happened yet tells me he's gonna play and play at a level that's familiar to all of us. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
When that guy hits the ice at Ball Arena the roof will come off the place.
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A first line winger?
I seriously doubt it, would love to see it though. Even 2nd line quality would be gravy at this point.
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I used the language on purpose - I'd be stunned if he comes back at 100% pre-injury. Not gonna happen. But 85% Landy on the 2nd line would be an amazing jolt. And look familiar. Just not identical.
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I think basically it comes down to Landy will either come back relatively fine(I mean at a ~2nd line level) or he comes back and it doesn’t work and he doesn’t play again.
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Zero chance Landy walks away from >30m. Players have a finite amount of time to make money and Landy fought for that contract. Even if he can't play ever again, he's not walking away from that contract.
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I think he meant more of an LTIRetirement.
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