Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic is fine with 11th-hour re-signings of free agents this year, and he’s not opposed to bringing them back after the final hour.
After all, allowing a player to talk to another team doesn’t mean that player will leave Colorado.
So, if the salary cap-strapped Avs don’t agree to terms with left wing Gabe Landeskog and/or goalie Philipp Grubauer, among others, by 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sakic said it won’t mean that they’ve moved on from them.
“There’s been a lot of free agents that have tested the market and then come back to their teams.