FolignoQuantumLeap
Don't Hold The Door
I'm super encouraged by his performance in the past month +. He'll never amount to what we gave up for him, but I don't put that on his shoulders, that's on Dorion.Duchene continues to impress.
Still waiting for @FolignoQuantumLeap thoughts on his performance after he called me out post trade which I responded .
Hopefully he has the courtesy to do the same rather than continue to avoid this topic .
Big thing is he has great chemistry with arguably our most talented winger in Hoffman. Just keep those guys together and they'll produce. I also loved White on their wing and want to see more of that. Hoffman as the main trigger man, Duchene as the set up guy and straw that stirs the drink with White's ability to do the yeoman's work is a thing of beauty and a 'New NHL' mentality. I'd pay money watch that with Karlsson supplying the transition game.
My hope is we get Duchene locked into a 6-7 year deal around 8M. I think that'll be fair market value for Duchene who right now looks like a #1C. I'm still not willing to go as far as you and declare him a top 20 or 30 guy in the league until he proves a bit more when the games actually matter. However, you have to build around something. Stone, Duchene and Karlsson are my guys I'd be building around here. He did nothing when we needed him, that's unfortunate. Won't completely write him off for it and won't totally anoint him for beasting in the meaningless games. I want the Sens to build around team speed, Duchene has it. If he wants to be here, I want him here.