Eurolanche

Landeskog joins Duchene in Sweden

Gabriel Landeskog is the third Avalanche player who signed „the lockout contract” in Europe. Landeskog will join his former team Djurgarden this week. He spent part of his junior career there before coming to Canada in 2009. Gabriel will not join Matt Duchene in the elite league. As we reported, Duchene signed two month contract with the Frolunda team yesterday. Duchene and Landeskog will fly to Sweden on Thursday, probably together.

Eurolanche contacted Djurgarden PR office. They firstly did not confirm the contract, but did it later in the afternoon. Landeskog´s agent Peter Wallen was the first person who confirmed the contract between his client and the Swedish team. “This is not something that came up this morning. We have been in the contact with Djurgarden for several days. The contract is for two months,” said Wallen in the call to Eurolanche. “Gabriel is sleeping in Colorado now. The only missing out is awaking him up. We have agreed on the proposal. He has not signed the original contract yet, but there are no differences between it and the proposal.”

Landeskog played his first game in the Swedish Elite league for Djurgarden in the season 2008/09. He was only 16 years old. He had appeared in the three Elite games totally. At the end of the last season Djurgarden was relegated to the 2-tier league after 35 years in the Elite. Team is based in the capital of Sweden, Stockholm. Djurgarden has won 16 national championship and use two hockey stadiums for the playing.

Douglas Murray of San Jose Sharks is the first NHL player who signed the contract with Djurgarden. Older brother of the Avalanche prospect Calvin Pickard, Chet, is the goalie there.

First Avalanche player who has decided to play somewhere during the lockout was Semyon Varlamov. He currently plays for the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. He appeared in one game and saved 38 of 39 shots. 

• Varlamov is back in Yaroslavl
• Duchene signed 2month contract in Sweden