The Fifth Liners

The Colorado Avalanche clearly have faith in their 20 year old captain Gabriel Landeskog and have now inked him to a seven year extension worth a reported $39 million. A second overall pick in the 2011 NHL draft, Landeskog won the Calder Trophy in 2012 after a successful rookie season and in September last year he was made the youngest ever Avalanche captain at just 19! He also proved to be one of the few bright spots in an otherwise horrific season for the Avs last year and finished the season with nine goals and eight assists. Upon signing this deal for the left winger, Joe Sakic was quoted as saying "Gabe is and will continue to be a large part of the foundation of this hockey team for many years to come,"

Colorado Avalanche has officially appointed legendary goaltender Patick Roy to lead them into better time as today it was officially announced that he has been appointed as Avalanche Head Coach and Vice President of Hockey Operations- due to Memorial Day over this weekend, Roy will be officially introduced next week. This man will certainly need no introduction as he was in net for both the Avalanche's Stanley Cup wins in 1996 and 2001 as well as two Cups wins previously with the Montreal Canadiens and today still remains the most winning goaltending in Stanley Cup Playoff history with 151 wins and was a Hall of Fame Inductee in 2006 as well as winning the Conn Smythe trophy three times. Roy will become Colorado's sixth head coach in their history and has spent the last eight seasons coaching the Quebec Ramparts in the Quebec Major Junior League. He is certainly a good fit for the job and due to his past events you cannot deny he has the passion (everyone who watched his...