Duchene has been playing the same way since we got him. He's formed chemistry now and the points are flooding in. This is not an example of a guy who is playing fast and loose, this is a guy who attacks the game at high gear for 60 minutes and with the right line mates everyone is getting points.
This is the best single player trade we have ever made in my opinion, and the best centre we have had since Spezza. I absolutely LOVE the way this guy plays, even over Spezz, it's the exact way I have wanted our squad to play for years.
It's crazy that we went a few seasons without a number one centre before PD just went out and got one. Other teams like MTL STILL can't fill that all important roster spot, and we got one of the few that came up on the market. THAT's why we paid a hefty price for him, because he's worth it, and guys like that don't come up very often, and our team used to be a team that NEVER got these guys. With PD you get a sense that we're in on every big player available (in like we're in on the talks).
I'd like us to keep EK & Ryan, but I'm pretty friggin excited about our team right now that we have key roster spots covered. Gus is looking like an awesome goalie prospect for us along with our youngsters coming up.
This is a key summer coming up, how can we not be excited! Once you tune out the noise we have always kept players we wanted, and paid big dollars for them, so I feel confident that if we want to keep EK we will get a deal done.