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Originally Posted by keenan87
That's fair but this is my reasoning:
I looked at the Ryan O'Reilly Trade... Personally, I think Duchene is a much better player and frankly, you need to give up good assets if you want to acquire a first line center.
To Colorado:
Nikita Zadorov
JT Compher
Mikhail Grigorenko
2nd Round Pick
To Buffalo:
Ryan O'Reilly
Jamie McGinn
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Compher = Kylington/Anderson
Grigorenko = 1st Round Pick
Zadorov + 2nd = Bennett
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You could argue that Duchene has a little more offensive upside, but he is not a much better player than O'Reilly. In fact they have been almost identical for a few years now offensively (both on bad teams) except O'Reilly is tasked with much more responsibility and is a far better defensive player than Duchene.