Scouting the Colorado Avalanche and Vancouver Canucks game …
Terry Frei: Scouts listed to attend last night’s Avs – Canucks game: Minnesota Wild, Dallas Stars, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Arizona Coyotes (2), Anaheim Ducks and New Jersey Devils.
Scouting the Ontario Reign game last night – the LA Kings AHL team …
John Hoven: The Colarodo Avalanche sent Terry Martin last night to watch the Reign’s game last night. Avs Garth Joy and Dan Lapperriere were at the Reign’s previous game.
John Hoven: Interesting to note … Also attending last night’s Ontario Reign game was Philadelphia Flyers Dave Brown. Brown hasn’t attended any of their games this season, and the Flyers are finished playing in SoCal this season.
On the Colorado Avalanche and Matt Duchene …
Mark Kiszla of the Denver Post: Kiszla thinks it’s now time for the Colorado Avalanche to move on from forward Matt Duchene. Duchene knows he could traded before the deadline, and seems ready to move on from the Avs if that’s what it comes to.
“I’m open to it,” Duchene said Wednesday. “When I say open to it, I know it’s part of the business, and it’s something that might happen. I’m not hiding from it. I’m not running away. I’m not banging my head. I understand it’s part of what we deal with as pro athletes.”
Duchene on having his mention in trade rumors.
“The trade rumor stuff is part of the business. I understand that at this juncture of the season, (with) the way things are going, something may happen, something may not. We’ll see.”
The Avalanche need to rebuild again, and Duchene could land them the biggest return. Would the Avs be able to get a top-four defenseman and prospect/pick for Duchene?
Could the Avs get the Hurricanes to part his Jaccob Slavin in a deal?