Pierre-Edouard Bellemare is back in Denver with the Colorado Avalanche on a player-tryout contract with plenty to prove.
Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog , left, Colorado Avalanche center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare , center, and Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen , right, celebrate after defeating the Los Angeles Kings 5-1 to win the West division and the Presidents’ Trophy at Ball Arena May 13, 2021.There are usually a lot of handshakes involved when a player shows up at an NHL facility for the first time after signing with a new team.
“I don’t know the other situation. I’ve never had a PTO somewhere else, but I would assume it’s a huge advantage.”team for Bellemare, of course. He played for the Avalanche during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. As he has at every NHL stop, Bellemare became an immensely popular player in Denver. Whether it’s fans, teammates or coaches, Bellemare’s reputation as a hard-working, affable player makes him easy to root for or embrace in a locker room.
So now Bellemare is back in Denver with plenty to prove. He wants to win the Stanley Cup. He wants to help France qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics as he enters his 23rd year playing for the national team. “We’ve got an opening in that slot,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said. “We have a handful of guys that we’re looking at for that position. But he looks good. You kind of know what to expect from , from him being here before. He’s kind of jumping back in seamlessly again, bringing his leadership and consistency on the ice.”
The Avs do have a couple of other options for that spot, including an audition at center for free-agent addition Parker Kelly. Chris Wager, who got a few games last year in that role, is back as well. “It comes down to, how can you help? Can I be good defensively to give the top line some rest without losing momentum for our team? Can I go on the ice when we lose the momentum, like on the PK, and just be dialed in so they get nothing and when the top guys come back they are pumped up because of my job? That’s how I see it.
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