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Rustled your jimmies
- Dec 23, 2013
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The belief is, the Avs want Ottawa defenceman Cody Ceci, a first-round pick in 2017, along with one of the club’s two blue-chip prospects  Saint John blueliner Thomas Chabot or Boston College centre Colin White  plus a couple of other parts in return for Duchene or Landeskog.
http://www.ottawasun.com/2017/02/13...scenario-wouldnt-make-sense-for-ottawa-dorion
That was when our 2017 pick was looking to be in the 16-20 type range prior to the deadline.
The only way I can see us getting in on Duchene again is if Sakic needs an out from the hole he has dug for himself and wants to do a 1 for 1 deal for a forward who is under contract for a while or an upcoming RFA in order to wash his hands of Duchene because nobody is giving him the package he wants, and he can't just move Duchene for a subpar return after holding out for as long as he has. A similar situation to the Weber/Subban trade where Subban's upcoming NTC forced MTLs hands to pull the trigger on the Weber swap, but in this case Sakic is doing it not because of the NTC but because Duchene is about to hold out.
In that case, who do we have? That pretty much would mean either Stone or Hoffman for Duchene, no one else really makes much sense from a COL perspective.
No chance Sakic gets what he wanted at trade deadline at the beginning of the season, is he willing to wait until trade deadline to move him again? Unlikely.
As you stated there's a rumour that Duchene is going to hold out of training camp and possibly the start of season, if that turns out to be true he obviously is demanding a trade, and as was the case with Spezza, who is a better player than Duchene in all aspects, the trade will be underwhelming from a COL perspective since Sakic has over demanded himself into a massive hole.