It really seems like additional leverage Avs fans want to give themselves, highly unlikely in reality.
Duchene's name was and is all over trade rumors everywhere, to the point where he gave up on your team the second half of the year. The Avs haven't changed anything yet except buying out Beauch, and safe to say if Duchene sticks around there's no other big trade to significantly change the Avs.
Next offseason, his value takes a hit. Look at how much teams want to give up for JVR. Look how many ridiculous "if Tavares refuses to resign" proposals we have to field.
What's annoying about Avalanche fans is there's no compromise or in between. It's either the high prices we want, and anything less than that is trading Duchene for "next to nothing" or "spare parts".
There's a difference between offering 25 cents on the dollar, to 75 cents on the dollar, to 96 cents on the dollar. There's no sense of "I'm not paying a dollar so take this penny and like it". Yet anytime anyone suggests Duchene might not get what you ask for, suddenly I'm trying to get him for Halak + a conditional 7th and you feel the need to tell me he's worth more than that.