The Colorado Avalanche announced Wednesday that captain Gabriel Landeskog has been loaned to their AHL affiliate, the Colorado Eagles, for a conditioning assignment.

The news comes as the Avalanche, now 47-27-4 with 98 points, third in the Central Division, have four regular-season games remaining before the start of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 32-year-old Landeskog’s last game was when he hoisted the Stanley Cup over his head following the Avalanche’s 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final. That spring, Landeskog had 11 goals and 11 assists for 22 points in 20 playoff games.

A native of Stockholm, Sweden, Landeskog had 30 goals and 29 assists in 51 regular-season games in 2021-22. In 11 NHL seasons, Landeskog has 248 goals and 323 assists for 571 points and 601 penalty minutes in 738 career regular-season games. He also has 27 goals and 40 assists for 67 points in 69 career Stanley Cup Playoff games.

The 6-foot-1 winger underwent arthroscopic knee surgery after winning the Cup in 2022, and setbacks forced him to miss the entire 2022-23 season, including the playoffs. In May 2023, the team announced he would undergo another procedure on his knee, a cartilage transplant, and would miss the entire 2023-24 regular season.

“Until I’ve exhausted every option, I’m just going to continue pushing forward,” Landeskog said. “I’m confident in the player I am. I’m confident in the athlete I am.”

Taken No. 2 overall by the Avalanche in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, Landeskog scored 22 goals and 30 assists for 52 points in his 2011-12 rookie season, winning the Calder Trophy for rookie of the year.