According to an Arthur Staple report from a few days ago that the New York Islanders offered the Colorado Avalanche Travis Hamonic and their first-round pick in a package to land Matt Duchene.
Snow had an offer out to the Avalanche, with Hamonic and the Islanders’ 2018 first-round pick as part of a package for Matt Duchene
The imperative word here is: “package”. It could mean a number of any other assets were included to temp Colorado to get rid of a player they absolutely want off their roster.