No one in Avs Nation is going to call Colorado Avalanche center Matt Duchene a bust. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find outsiders who would use that word in conjunction with Duchene.
However, there’s no question that Matt Duchene’s career hasn’t taken quite the trajectory we all expected when the Avalanche selected him third overall in the 2009 NHL draft.
Streaky Scorer
Matt Duchene has ever been a streaky scorer. I think that’s true for a lot of forwards in the NHL, even the top-six sorts. However, Duchene often goes weeks without a goal.
In the lockout-shortened season, Matt Duchene went for six and seven game stretches without any goals.