DENVER — Cody McLeod has battled to stay in the NHL for a decade, and though he’s been in and out of the Colorado Avalanche lineup to begin the season, he isn’t ready to wave a white flag just yet.
The 32-year-old left-winger, a fixture on the Colorado roster since he broke into the league just before Christmas in 2007, was a healthy scratch Friday night in Denver as the Avalanche played host to the Winnipeg Jets in a matchup of NHL Central Division rivals.
He has watched three of the team’s first six games from the press box, a drastic change for the Binscarth, Man.