2016 Top 25 Avalanche under 25: #2 Gabriel Landeskog

The BSN Top 25 Avalanche players under 25 continues with #2 – Gabriel Landeskog, the 23 year old team captain. All seven BSN staffers placed Landeskog in the second slot. Any guesses who was selected at #1?

Drafted second overall by the Avalanche in the 2011 NHL entry draft, Landeskog became the youngest captain in NHL history and only the fourth captain for the Colorado Avalanche.

Who is Gabriel Landeskog?

Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, Landeskog is the son of a former Swedish Hockey League defenseman. After moving up the hockey ranks in Sweden as a youth, he left to play hockey in Canada when he was 16. Entering the Ontario Hockey League draft, the Plymouth Whalers selected him third…