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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Duchene is a good enough player to make team canada as a forward/centre.
There isn't a single player on the flames who can say that right now.
Obviously team canada selection isn't the be-all end-all but it does tell you about his perceived ability in the hockey world.
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I really like Matt Duchene, but I'm not sure you can say that about him right now.
His Olympic appearance was 3 seasons ago - in the middle of a PPG 70 point season, in which he helped lead Colorado to the playoffs.
Since then its been a disaster in Colorado, and he's put up between 55-60 points in three seasons where the Avs are a lottery team.
If they were picking the 2018 Olympic team right now I'm not sure he's on it.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Maybe the organization feels that points aren't everything and that Galchenyuk is lacking in specific qualities the organization feels it needs to be successful?
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Does Matt Duchene have those qualities? If he does then why has Colorado been a tire fire with all these great young forwards that teams should be trading the farm for.
This is Matt Duchene we are talking about, not Patrice Bergeron.
I'm not saying that team's shouldn't look at trading for him but if you are looking at giving up somebody like a Galchenyuk straight up I'm just not sure it makes sense.