Avalanche re-signs Gabe Landeskog to eight-year contract, source says

Avalanche skipper Gabe Landeskog has re-signed with the nine for 8 years and $56 million, a league root confirmed precocious Tuesday night.

The Avs’ 10th-year subordinate and nine-year skipper was scheduled to go an unrestricted escaped cause astatine 10 p.m. MT. The caller woody came done astir 9:38 p.m.

Landeskog, 28, has played each of his 687 NHL regular-season games for the Avalanche, producing 512 points (218 goals). He is 3rd successful all-time Avs goal-scoring down Joe Sakic and Milan Hejduk. Landeskog, who was selected by the Avs with the No. 2 wide enactment successful the 2011 draft, has reached 20 goals successful 8 of his 9 non-lockout seasons.