Hey Gabe, Do You Think It's Time To Start Scoring Again?

Gabe Landeskog is an all-around elite player. He plays a gritty game, goes to the hard places, backchecks, kills penalties, and has an offensive punch that ranks him up there with the best of them. Let’s focus on that last part; the offensive punch.

Remember that home and home against the Wild where Landeskog had goals in each games? Well those were the only goals he has scored in the past 15 games. That’s right, 2 goals in 15 games for the Avalanche captain. That isn’t very good. In the last 15 games, the Avalanche have sort of come down to Earth from their shocking start winning only 8 of their last 15 games. In those 7 losses they have not scored more than 2 goals. Do you think they could have used some of Landeskog’s  scoring touch? Probably.

Bottom line: If the Avs want to continue being successful, then guys like Landeskog, especially Landeskog, needs to start putting pucks into the net. And it isn’t like Landeskog is helping offensively in other ways. In those 15 games he has only 5 assists and is -1. In his last 10 games Landeskog has 0 goals and just 3 assists. That’s horrible. Yes, it can be argued that his linemates Parenteau and Stastny are holding him back, but Landeskog is type of player who should make those around him better. And it isn’t like PA and Stastny don’t have enough skill to compliment the young Swede.

So Gabe, you think it might be time to start finding the scoresheet again? Great, thanks.