Duchene’s Avalanche dream may soon be ending

We all remember that NHL Draft night from Montreal in 2009, when Matt Duchene was shown on camera jumping from his seat with excitement upon hearing former Avalanche GM Greg Sherman tell the world, “We are proud to select, from the Brampton Battalion, ….”.

Watching a boyhood dream be realized right there on live TV is a cool thing, and as someone who was there that night at the Bell Centre, the lasting memory I have from it was the perma-grin on Duchene’s face and of him continually tugging at his new Avalanche team cap, as if to keep reminding himself that it was really there.

When the Tampa Bay Lightning made its choice of Victor Hedman as the second overall pick, Duchene was also shown on…