The Colorado Avalanche and center Matt Duchene have parted ways. Though the parting wasn’t overly contentious, it was awkward. Duchene asked for the trade, and the team waited almost a year — and then traded him in the middle of a game.
In the trade, the Avalanche got one guaranteed good player — our Whirling Dervish, Samuel Girard. We also got some lottery tickets:
- Forward Vladislav Kamenev (missed almost two full seasons with different injuries)
- Forward Shane Bowers (joined the Colorado Eagles late last season)
- 2018 second-round pick, traded for third-rounder (Justus Annunen) and fifth rounder (Danila Zhuravlyov)
- 2019 first-rounder (fourth-overall) and third-rounder (#63)
Plus, goalie Andrew Hammond won one playoff game for us to extend the Nashville Predators series to six games.