From the Denver Post:

Avalanche captain Joe Sakic will not play again this season.

The veteran center said after Thursday’s 3-2 Avs shootout loss to Dallas that his troublesome back isn’t strong enough to play in either of this weekend’s final two home games.

“It was getting closer and feels a lot better than it did before, but it just wasn’t there yet,” Sakic said.

For the complete story click here.

Well no big surprise as there is no reason for Sakic to rush back to play 2 games with the possibility of getting re-injured.  Hopefully he can rehab this summer and be back to full strength.  Plus won’t he feel a lot better next season playing with Hejduk and Tavares (although the chances they get 1st pick overall are down to 14.2%).

David Minuk

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