When the Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers get together, there’s an overflow of offensive firepower available.

Jared Bednar had a blunt, one-word summation after Colorado rallied for a 3-2 overtime win against the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. “Unimpressive,” the Avalanche coach said. Bednar's beef: His team had too many passengers and not enough contributors.

Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar has provided the latest update on injured captain Gabriel Landeskog, absent from play since 2022.

There were so many players on the ice at Colorado Avalanche practice Monday that callup Jason Polin didn’t have a stall in the team’s locker room.

DENVER (AP) — Jared Bednar had a blunt, one-word summation after Colorado rallied for a 3-2 overtime win against the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. “Unimpressive,” the Avalanche coach said.

Jared Bednar had a blunt, one-word summation after Colorado rallied for a 3-2 overtime win against the New York Rangers.

The Colorado Avalanche’s power play had a very bad Tuesday night, and the head coach called it the least of his worries. That’s how little Jared Bednar thought of his team’s performance — even if the result ended up being much better than the process.

"You get out to a bad start and then you're grinding just to get back in the fight," Bednar said. "I'm pretty proud of what our team's done to this point in the season. It hasn't been perfect, certainly hasn't been easy, but the dig-in and buy-in from our players to this point this season has been really good."

Gabriel Landeskog isn’t close to returning. But the latest reports surrounding his recovery are being challenged. Last week a couple of NHL insiders reported that Landeskog was unable to skate on consecutive days because of knee swelling.

Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar dismissed rumors that team captain Gabriel Landeskog has suffered a major setback in his recovery from knee surgery.

Jared Bednar shook up the line combinations at practice following a disappointing effort vs the New York Rangers. The Avs also placed John Ludvig on waivers. Speaking of which, a high-priced goalie in Pittsburgh was also put on waivers.

I’ll eat crow, the Avs have been awful since I said they were fine.