ADAM FOOTE RUMORS & GOSSIP

No practice today for the Avs, who resume practice Monday and next play at Vancouver on Wednesday. Adrian Dater will be on that three-game, western-Canadian trip. Look for a story in Monday’s paper about young defenseman Erik Johnson, who had one of his best games as an Av against St. Louis, his former team, on Saturday night. The story speaks to required skills that EJ actually...

ST. LOUIS — No skate today for the Avalanche, which flew here immediately after last night’s 4-3 overtime victory over Carolina in Denver. No updates, really, other than the same guys who participated in last night’s warmups — including scratched defenseman Ryan Wilson — also just skated in warmups at Scottrade Center. Assuming veteran winger Milan Hejduk...

After Adam Foote's retirement at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season, the Colorado Avalanche was tasked with finding a new captain to lead the team in coming seasons. On Monday, the team announced that 35-year-old winger Milan Hejduk was to succeed Foote as captain of the Avalanche.Hejduk, a Czech native, is just the third captain in Avalanche history since the Quebec Nordiques...

It might be the worst year the Avs have ever had but for one afternoon, the Avs and their fans sent captain Adam Foote out in style. In front of 17,566, the Avs skated past the NHL-worst Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in overtime. David Jones pounded home the rebound of a Matt Duchene shot to give Foote a win in his last game, that was as much about Foote as it was the fans. On "...

The last remaining active member of the former Quebec Nordiques and the 1995-96 Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche is hanging up his skates. After 19 NHL seasons, 17 of which were spent with the Nordiques/Avalanche, veteran defenseman Adam Foote will be retiring at the end of the regular season, playing his final game on Sunday, April 10, 2011. He reportedly considered retirement...

Adam Foote has called an 11 a.m. press conference Friday where it is reported he will announce his retirement from the game of hockey. Foote might play in one Avs two last games but that is not confirmed at this point. Footer has played in 1,153 games during his 20 year career, accumulating 66 goals, 308 points and a career +99 rating. Footer has been a leader on and off the ice his whole...

He's 39 years old and his 19th NHL season is winding down, but Colorado Avalanche captain Adam Foote hasn't yet decided whether he's about to close out what has been a remarkable career.

The Colorado Avalanche have announced that Adam Foote will return as captain for the 2010-2011 season. Foote had originally signed a two-year deal with us after the trade that saw us send a first round pick to get him from Columbus. He announced his intention to return soon after the season, and it is now official. [...]

The Colorado Avalanche re-signed defenceman Adam Foote on Tuesday to a one-year deal. Foote,who turns 39 in July, will be going into his 18th season in the NHL and has caught on as a mentor in the Avalanche organization. Foote played for the Avs from 1996 to 2001 and than departed and played a few seasons in Columbus before rejoining the Avalanche in 2007. Foote’s leadership...

A couple days ago, I posted this. Geo then tried to asplode my head in the comments and I responded by saying I thought that Paul Stastny would be named the captain.That wasn't because I wanted Stastny to be the captain. It was simply because so many other NHL teams have recently put the C on players who have barely hit puberty, let alone figured out how to captain an NHL team.The...