If he can't play day 1, he better LTIRetire as you've put it. But at that point it's already too late as you've mentioned.If Landy isn't ready for training camp I hope he does what's best for his team and LTIRetire. That's enough now. This team needs a captain and management can't stay in constant limbo about his cap hit possibly kicking in at any time.
Ideally we'd need a solid yes/no answer from Landeskog before the draft so CMac can build the team properly for next year.
Doesn't really help the team to LTIR him when there aren't going to be any worthwhile players available in September.
It's a completely f***ed scenario. I know people love Landy but his injury and lack of recovery from it has really f***ed us from attempting to build a proper team.
The team needs some sort of closure from this. We can't go into another year without someone wearing the C. It's sounds stupid but playing without a captain isn't ideal.
It sucks that it's come to this point but if this Avs want any chance of having a competitive roster moving forward there has to be a conclusion to this seemingly never ending saga.