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Originally Posted by Gadzooks
They cut out the cancer and left it in Ottawa.
I'm hoping their 9 game winning streak ends tonight.
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I don't think Duchene is the problem, per se. His upside is probably a top 20 forward in the league, but he's just so damn streaky. The upside causes GMs to overvalue him, and his streakiness leads coaches to end up constantly shuffling lines to try and find the combination that will work for him. I think he's a fine player, but teams just have to know what they're getting at this point.
The Avs locker room is certainly a lot more cohesive now that he's gone (since he clearly didn't want to be a part of the solution anymore), and the dump truck full of prospects is going to be huge in the next few years. But at the same time, Ottawa's problems are far deeper than Duchene right now.