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Best and worst of the NHL this week: How the Colorado Avalanche are handling being a top Stanley Cup favorite

Milan Hejduk was the last remaining member of the 2001 Stanley Cup-winning Colorado Avalanche to stay on the roster. But entering the 2012-13 season, Hejduk knew he would have a diminished role. He called teammate Gabriel Landeskog and told him to meet him and then-coach Joe Sacco for a meeting at the team facility when he got back to town.

"I wasn't really sure what the meeting was about, I was kind of confused," Landeskog says now. "I was young at the time. Hejdy said he felt like it was time for him to step down as the captain, and he felt the right man for the job was me.