After hitting the jackpot with two high picks in the draft last June, the Colorado Avalanche feel the pressure to replicate that this summer.
Hardly easy.
Those two players they selected weren't your typical teenagers.
From now on, every Colorado draft pick will be measured against Matt Duchene (third overall) and Ryan O'Reilly (No. 33).
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Avalanche Looking For Another Productive Draft
Posted by cegeland 72 days ago (http://www.nhl.com)Matt Duchene Is Your NHL Rookie Scoring Leader
Posted by OilerFan 226 days ago (http://blogs.denverpost.com)
It seems that the Dutchy haters have gone into hiding, their mouths scotch-taped shut for now, with No. 9 now at No. 1 in the NHL rookie scoring race. Is it not now appropriate to start speculating that Duchene, in fact, deserves the Calder Trophy? I think not.
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Duchene Getting Chances But Having Trouble Scoring
Posted by XtremeInsanity 289 days ago (http://www.denverpost.com)
Twenty games into his rookie season, the highly touted Duchene is struggling, with two goals and seven assists. But that comes with a huge asterisk: his age. With a handful of exceptions, including one on his own roster, even the most gifted of Duchene's hockey-playing contemporaries still are in major junior or NCAA hockey — dreaming of an NHL chance that might never come.
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Avs Goalie Budaj Has Swine Flu
Posted by cegeland 310 days ago (http://www.denverpost.com)
The Avalanche confirmed Tuesday that the national swine flu scare has hit the team's bench. Goalie Peter Budaj, out since Friday with flu-like symptoms, is suffering from the H1N1 virus, the team said.
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Duchene To Stay With Avalanche
Posted by maximumhockey 318 days ago (http://www.tsn.ca)
It appears as though the Canadian Junior squad will have to do without Matt Duchene, as it appears the 18-year-old will remain with the Colorado Avalanche for the remainder of the season.
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Duchene Solid As A Rock
Posted by cegeland 322 days ago (http://www.thehockeynews.com)
Matt Duchene can feel it.
Not the pressure. Not the heat. The excitement.
Six games into a goalless rookie season, it’s Duchene’s grin, not an increasingly tight grip, that defines him. He’s anxious to get on the board, but hasn’t let anxiety creep into his eerily confident game. Read More »
Not the pressure. Not the heat. The excitement.
Six games into a goalless rookie season, it’s Duchene’s grin, not an increasingly tight grip, that defines him. He’s anxious to get on the board, but hasn’t let anxiety creep into his eerily confident game. Read More »
2009 3rd Overall Pick Duchene Signs Entry Level Contract
Posted by cegeland 413 days ago (http://www.tsn.ca)
The Colorado Avalanche signed the third overall pick in this year's draft to a three-year entry level deal Thursday.
Duchene was the highest draft pick for the Avalanche since the team moved to Colorado from Quebec in 1995. Read More »
Duchene was the highest draft pick for the Avalanche since the team moved to Colorado from Quebec in 1995. Read More »
Joe Sakic Retires From The NHL
Posted by IceColdNews 420 days ago (http://avalanche.nhl.com)
Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic announced today that after 20 seasons and 1,378 games with the same organization, he has played his final game in the NHL.
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