Confirmed with Link: Cogliano Retires, Joins the Avs Front Office

[henchman21]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1804167544451858704

https://x.com/i/web/status/1804167987244486813

https://x.com/i/web/status/1804168653509644672

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[The Pwnerer]

Just like that the leadership core from our 2022 team has vanished. Hard to fathom losing Landeskog, EJ, Kadri, Helm and Cogliano in a pretty short time frame.

Congrats to a hell of a career Cogliano!

 

[tucker3434]

Good for him. Stepping into the front office is a smart transition.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Enjoy your retirement, Cogs.

His presence will absolutely be missed, guy battled through so many injuries and bang-ups. Thrilled he was able to get the Cup in '22 as a key part of the best 4th line in Avalanche history

Enjoy your celebratory deck beers with RIAL

 

[Avs_19]

Congrats to Cogs! Hell of a career and glad he got his ring.

Honestly, best case scenario here with him staying with the team in a non-player role.

 

[shadow1]

Huge part of the '22 Cup championship. Colorado's fourth line of Cogliano, Helm, and O'Connor was superb. I constantly kept thinking what a gamer Cogliano was during that run, he never took a shift off.

Glad he got his cup here and will remain with the organization.

 

[jaisen73]

As big a piece as any they added in 2022 outside of Lehky (who proved massive). Hell of a player, great career, and it was so great to see him hoist the Cup two years ago. Best to him and his family!

 

[Ceremony]

Without really knowing... anything about any of the roles he could have taken, I always assumed he'd be more at home in a coaching role, or something closer to players and actually being on the ice. Just from the stories about how much time he spends practicing and when he gets to the rink. You'd also want someone as committed as he was around players as much as possible, so hopefully he's still involved in player development somehow.

Anyway, great career, consummate professional, someone you would always have a tremendous amount of pride in, knowing he was representing your team and sacrificing anything he had to to do so. I hope he enjoys his health and whatever he does with the organisation.

 

[Gumballhead]

Warrior. And so good with the media, the front office thing makes so much sense. I’m sure he’d make a fine coach too. Thanks for your physical sacrifice and mental toughness, Cogs.

 

[SirLoinOfCloth]

He was an absolute warrior for this team. He always seemed to take a battering and came back for more. Super glad he managed to win a cup with this team, he was a solid leader and will be missed in the locker room. We need Landy back more than ever, with the absence of him, EJ and now Cogs, there's a bit of a leadership vacuum. Mack has certainly stepped up in that regard, but we need our captain back.

 

[Avs9296]

Congrats on that cup Cogs. It was time now to retire. He's just not that effective anymore and his PK game was slipping big time.

Happy to have him around the front office.

 

[Bender]

Very cool that he's staying with the Avs.

Was a big part of our Stanley Cup win!

 

[the_fan]

Was a great vet and a leader for the Avs!!!

 

[JoeSakic13]

He’s the type of player you hate to see leave your squad for retirement or anything else. Can only imagine what injuries he battled through and was still a nightly warrior.

Sad to see him leave the lineup, but thrilled to see he’s sticking around with the team’s front office.

 

[LOFIN]

Respect

 

[sethro109]

I say we make him the head scout right off the bat. The other guy just left and all of the old ones were shit.

Congrats on a fantastic career.

 

[AslanRH]

Definitely seems like he should be an improvement to player development.
Need a guy who can show these guys that being a utility player is a viable career option. Show them what work ethic will earn them.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Huge part of the '22 Cup championship. Colorado's fourth line of Cogliano, Helm, and O'Connor was superb. I constantly kept thinking what a gamer Cogliano was during that run, he never took a shift off.

Glad he got his cup here and will remain with the organization.

Now picture him playing like that every night and not missing a single game due to injury or other, for the first 830 games into his career until a damn suspension finally sat him out (I'll forever hate Parros on his behalf). There were countless times he'd take a stick to face or a bad hit, leave the game and we'd be sure his streak was ending, but then he'd always be back on the bench looking like hell. He's one of the greatest warriors in NHL history, it's no stretch whatsoever to say. Heck of a character guy to keep in your organization. So happy he was apart of your Cup win before hanging them up.

 

[hockeyfish]

Congrats. He was one of the hardest working, toughest players I've ever seen.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

One of my very favorite non-star players all time. Very very happy that we're keeping him around. He can be GM in 5 yrs

 

[dahrougem2]

Another player who shows up during his later years and sticks around in Denver. Must be great for families.

Happy for him.

 

[sethro109]

This is pretty crazy.

 

[Balthazar]

I'm glad they keep him in the org, players seem to love him.

JJ next?

 

[Drury_Sakic]

Win win all around. Keep him around, but make room on the ice for someone else, Cogs gets to stay where he is happy and move on to phase 2 of his career.

 

[Drury_Sakic]

I'm glad they keep him in the org, players seem to love him.

JJ next?

If Bednar could be trusted to play the younger guys and actually use JJ as a 7, would love that. But don’t think he can help himself. JJ is that perfect play him 20-30 games and ride the pine come playoffs D man.

But yeah, front office is the way you get the best of both worlds there too.