Colorado Avalanche Re-Up Captain Milan Hejduk

May 18th, 2012 by Joey Suyeishi Leave a reply »

The captain will be back! After a subpar season that saw Milan Hejduk fail to score 20 goals for the first time in his career since his rookie season and the lowest point production of his entire NHL career, the Avalanche and Hejduk agreed to a one-year, $2 million deal to keep the longtime right winger here in Colorado.

After his disappointing 2011-12 season and the Avs' failure to make the playoffs for the second consecutive year, there was much speculation that Hejy could call it a career or that he and the Avs could part ways.

Although Hejduk previously stated that he would like to finish up his career here in Colorado, there are certainly no guarantees in professional sports. He has lived here since his NHL debut in 1998 and he has made his family here with his wife and twin sons who play youth hockey here in town.

It certainly would have been odd to see him in another team's sweater and many teams certainly would have bid for his services had he remained unsigned come July 1st. Forsberg in Flyers and Preds gear still looks weird as does Foote in a Blue Jackets jersey. Although we here in Denver certainly ...

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