Joe Sakic reiterated today that he isn’t yet ready to transition into a job in NHL management with the Avalanche, preferring to spend another year coaching his sons’ youth hockey team in Littleton.

“I’m very comfortable with where I’m at right now. It’s only been one year,” said Sakic, the Avs’ all-time leading scorer who retired after the 2008-09 season. “I had such a fun year at home last year that I wanted to do it again. My kids are at a perfect age right now to be home, so I didn’t want to be traveling too much right now.”

Sakic, though, said he has something of an informal role with the team, saying, “I watch all the games and if (team president) Pierre (Lacroix) needs me for anything, I’m always around.

Sakic said he does want to get into management at some point in the future, and that he talked some with Lacroix over the summer about a possible role in management when he’s ready.

“There’s no question. Once you’re in the game and it’s been part of your life, you never want to leave it. At some point, I’m going to want to get back into it. But you have to be committed with the travel and what you need to do.” Sakic said. “Right now, I’m just not ready yet.”

Sakic spoke on a conference call with reporters, along with former Avs teammate Claude Lemieux, about plans for next week’s reunion of the 1995-96 team that won the Stanley Cup.

Lemieux, who retired after a brief comeback with the San Jose Sharks last season, kidded that Sakic will need to “get a pass” from parental and husbandly duties next week, because he and other teammates plan to take him out on the town.

“So many of the guys I have not seen in so many years and have no idea what they’re doing, so we’re all excited. It’s going to be a great time,” said Lemieux, who lives in Toronto now and also is heavily involved in the hockey career of his son, Brendan.

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