The Colorado Avalanche says team captain Gabriel Landeskog will rejoin the team on Tuesday. The announcement represents his return to the NHL after a knee injury three years ago.

Landeskog could be back on the ice with his teammates for the first-round matchup against the Dallas Stars if his knee responded well to the game action. The Avalanche are currently using LTIR pool space to exceed the salary cap's upper limit by just over $6 million, according to PuckPedia. Landeskog carries a $7-million cap hit.

The Colorado Avalanche saw their longtime captain, Gabriel Landeskog, train with the team's AHL affiliate for a week as well as play a few games in the minors, and finally made a move involving him ahead of the Stanley Cup playoffs.