Gotta keep in mind, this wasn't necessarily our offer....rather Colorado's asking price. According to the rumours, at one point near the deadline Colorado was asking for those three main pieces (maybe more) and the "sticking point" was that Ottawa didn't want to include Colin White.
I think Sakic really blew it here. Duchene's value would have been at his highest at the deadline, it will only go down from here. I get trying to get a big price, but once the market was evident, a trade should have gotten done.
It was so easy to see, you can't have a player's name splashed all over trade rumours for months and not have it negatively affect the player. And then not even trade him.
Nice player and some team will for sure trade for him but for a far reduced price. Duchene is not exactly helping his value here, man did he look poor last night. I kept hearing how the Avs "didn't have to trade him if they didn't get a good deal". Rubbish, it almost never works out well, only a few players can turn it around in the same city.
