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Morning Flurries: Landy’s Namesake

Gabriel Landeskog is resting after the Avs playoff run and his time with Team Sweden, but Landeskog the horse was busy this past weekend. Erik Johnson co-owns a three-year-old race horse who raced at Belmont on Saturday. Landy the horse looks better than he races, finishing in 9th place this time.

Colorado @Avalanche defenseman @6ErikJohnson is co-owner of a horse racing at Belmont Park today that he named after teammate @GabeLandeskog92.

Why?

"Well he's a good looking horse." pic.twitter.com/zEzZcePFx3— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) June 8, 2019

The start of the NHL draft is less than three weeks away, and MHH is taking a look at the Avs options in the first round, where they hold the 4th and 16th overall selections.