After playing right wing for significant stretches this season, Matt Duchene is back at center.
The Avalanche’s leading goal-scorer — he had his 11th and 12th of the season in the Wednesday loss to Philadelphia — doesn’t mind the move.
“I love it,” Duchene said Thursday. “It’s my natural position. I enjoy playing right wing, depending on the situation, but at center it’s consistent, I always feel in the game. I like having that responsibility defensively that you have more as a centerman than as a winger. I just like being in the middle of the ice and distributing.