Not at all a fan of trading Duchene. I do however realize that he is the player who will bring in the greatest return for our team.
Moving Duchene is the best chance of the team acquiring a top 4 D man and remodeling the core around Mack and Patrick(assuming we land the #1 pick).
At this point I do not believe you can keep Duchene as he has mentally prepared himself to be dealt away with all of the rumors constantly going on.
For me, O'Reilly was easy to trade, I didn't really care about him and he wanted to be overpaid.
Duchene is one of my favorite Avs players and one that I actually have an emotional connection to so seeing him dealt away would be bittersweet to me.
With that said however, I just want the Avs to improve and become a Stanley cup winner whatever it takes.