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Originally Posted by kehatch
If you boil it down to career offensive numbers and cap hit you are correct that the players have similar value. But that is a really limited view of the players. I think Duchene has a lot more perceived value by NHL GMs.
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Duchene has made the last Olympic roster and the World Cup squad last year.
I'd say he still holds tremendous value among GMs and Sakic's return should be along the lines of the Hall trade IMO.
If Sakic is trading Duchene he needs to get a young NHL defenseman with upside, not a prospect D-man.