Colorado is awfully lucky to have this guy on their team. He's going to be one of the best players in the nhl. I like him because he's not only awesome at offense, but also dependable defensively as well.
The fact that Matt was a Avalnche fan to begiun with made getting him for the Avs all the more sweeter. So far he has not done bad at all. Keep on going Matt and good luck for the rest of the season.
O'Reilly is really good, I love both him and Duchene, but you seriously can't deny Duchene's talent. I'm very happy with both O'Reilly and Duchene being on the Avs! GO AVS!
Say what!? Proven young players are ALWAYS better than prospects. Most of these kids that get drafted this weekend won't make the NHL, that's just reality. If they offered Kessel for #3 to Colorado, they should take it. Kessel himself was a 1st-rounder. Same if Heatley was offered to Colorado for the #3 pick. Sigh, sometimes draft picks are overvalued.
I was saying that if Colorado had been offered Phil Kessel (proven young player) for the #3 pick, they should have taken it. Remember, Kessel himself was a high 1st-round pick and any team would be lucky to have a prospect turn out that good. I think Duchene is a future star but at the end of the day, a young, star nhl player >> unproven prospect, unless you don't consider Phil Kessel a rising star! That's all I meant.
oh, haha, i get it now, sorry i didnt understand. Thats the risk you take signing young players, hopefully he'll grow and become a good player, but yeah, they probably would take the kessel offer if it came up
No, you don't. If your team is struggling and in as deep as the Avs are now you'd want to pick the younger guy and right now the Avs are dumping off cap so why would you trade for the Negotiating Rights of Kessel who would probably want a pretty hefty contract that the Avs need to save up for the future of the organization.
It looks like this kid is going to Colorado as it stands right now. Unless Burke can work his magic and trade up to 2nd. Sigh. Toronto deserves an elite talent to be the face of the franchise. I like seeing Canadian teams do well. Not to mention, all the endorsements he would get from playing in Toronto! I'm sure his agent would like that. He reminds me most of Zach Parise....I guess we'll see if I'm right in a few years.
no chance colorado will give him up. espeically for MORE used up leaf garbage, they already have tucker and raycroft, no way they will go back to the leafs and get fucked again.
Roloston played well? You're kidding me. A lot of the guys I mentioned played BAD. You fail to realize these American franchises are tanking and stealing the elite, clutch, character Canadian talent (Sakic, Lemieux, Yzerman, etc)- a big part of the Stanley Cup teams. If Toronto/MTL could get this guy, I think it'd be awesome. If anything, he'd bring the buzz back to Toronto. If I was a young star player, would I rather play for a big market team or a small one? This is a no brainer.
Islanders need to pick Tavares for marketing purposes. He will be ready to play in the league next year. However, in my opinion, Duchene will end up being the better player and have a more successful NHL career. This kid has intangibles, like Jonathan Toews, Mike Richards, and Zach Parise. Parise is so underrated, it's too bad he has to play in a dump of a market (New Jersey) and on an aging, veteran team. I just hope Duchene ends up in Toronto or Montreal, star players deserve a big stage....
I'm a devils fan and they are not a dump market they just have too many useless old guys playing on there team, the same situation used to be with the rangers back in the day, if he wants a star stage he wouldn't wanna play in Toronto or Montreal, those teams aren't going anywhere
New Jersey couldn't even sell out a playoff game this year! Toronto and Montreal have just as bright of a future as New Jersey. Montreal has Price, Pacioretty, the Kostitsyn's, Weber, Maxwell and Toronto has Schenn, Bozak, Stalberg, Grabovski, Tlusty coming in. Both teams have more good young players than people assume, unlike New Jersey who have guys like Roloston, Zubrus, White, Madden, Pandolofo, Mottau and other veteran garbage. Parise is underappreciated in that market unfortunately. Sigh.
selling out a playoff game has nothing to do with how good a team is, most of the time NJ aways beats montreal and toronto, white, madden, pandolfo has to go, mattau was only playing his second year and he was pretty good Rolston played well most of the time, canadian teams are never going to win the stanley cup again, those days are over, sorry
I said NJ was a bad MARKET, not a team. They finished 3rd in the conference. But their slow d-men were exposed and Brodeur was outplayed by Ward. If you actually watch Toronto play this year, Ron Wilson has turned them into a blue collar team. They prob. would have made the playoffs if Toskala could stop a goal! Bettman does NOT want to see a Canadian team win and that's why there's such pro-American team reffing in the playoffs if anybody notices. Calgary was robbed Game 6 OT goal, etc. Sad.
Broduer played bad in the playoffs period, the d-men are not that good for the devils right now which is a problem, and yea Toronto didn't even make it into the playoffs, even if they did how far would they go?? lets be real, montreal did horrible in the playoffs, the hurricanes are going to be the 2009 stanley cup champions thats why the devils lost to them, idk about pro american or not but I know that the refs hate the flyers and devils and favour the rangers and red wings
i wouldn't be surprised if this guy ends up the best player in the draft and has the longest NHL career when all is said and done. ignore all the hedman/tavares hype. he is a well-rounded player, good speed, good character. he just scored a hat trick in a playoff game today. reminds me of zach parise or joe sakic....
yea the avs would be beasts down the middle with stastny, wolski, stoa and then duchene. then with hejduk smyth svatos and hensick on the wings. they will be great on offense. we also need to grab somebody like manny fernandez from boston or huet from chicago to have a guy to stop the puck
ahh...hopefully the Avs draft him, but on all of the draft reports they talk about the Avs needing better D. The defense is fine..where's the goaltending?!?!!
@battalionmedia Yea but Wolski is a tool. I'm so happy avs got rid of him and got Mueller. Who knows how far the Avs would have gone if Mueller played in the playoffs. The line of Duchene, Mueller and Hejduk was unstoppable before Mueller got injured.
I am so with you man.. seeing him not only with all the Avs memorabilia, but IN an Avs jersey has me really crossing my fingers for this guy that much more. A great sniper (and goalie) is exactly what the Avs need to rise from the grave to come out back on top.
Nice segment. Hopefully he ends up in a market where fans can appreciate him. It would be disappointing to see a talent like that go to Phoenix or Atlanta.
Agree that hopefully he ends up in a nice market. Are a few options for him with the Leafs plummeting and Ottawa being down there as well. Regardless guy has a pretty bright future with that skill.
Colorado is awfully lucky to have this guy on their team. He's going to be one of the best players in the nhl. I like him because he's not only awesome at offense, but also dependable defensively as well.
tylerdurdonxx 1 year ago
I am in love.
ThinRichie74 1 year ago
The fact that Matt was a Avalnche fan to begiun with made getting him for the Avs all the more sweeter. So far he has not done bad at all. Keep on going Matt and good luck for the rest of the season.
paulwall1981 2 years ago
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only reason he was picked b4 o'reilly is because he played for the crap otters.
o'reilly is 10 times better then duchene
eyshaney 2 years ago
what about Steve Stamkos, he played for a crappy team in Sarnia, yet still got picked 1st overall
battalionmedia 2 years ago
what r u talking about. im saying the 18 year olds
eyshaney 2 years ago
Duchene is clearly a better player and has way more potential than o'reilly although o'reilly is developing really quickly to the nhl pace.
AlexGould14 2 years ago
clearly?? more potential?? they're the same people they were last year, their play doesn't change that much.
eyshaney 2 years ago
yes but clearly avalanche fans appretiate drafting an avalanche fan. On top of that hes good and seems to have alot of potential.
SqueekDaBeast 2 years ago
O'Reilly is really good, I love both him and Duchene, but you seriously can't deny Duchene's talent. I'm very happy with both O'Reilly and Duchene being on the Avs! GO AVS!
HPluvduck 2 years ago
that is the stupidest comment of all time.
face525252 2 years ago
The avs really do need him.
Duchene is a beast :)
BrokenxxSilhouette 2 years ago 2
avs need him more since sakic just retired
springwaterf005 2 years ago
matts mom is my guidence conceller in my highschool. she helps me out alot.. i love her..
SkelpYourHead 2 years ago
woo yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SidneyTheKid8 2 years ago
yea... the avs got him!!!!
hockey161616 2 years ago
fuck yeah we did its about time we got some more young skill!!!!!!
NextGretzky 2 years ago
Looks like he might be wearing a Paul Kariya Avs jersey at 2:05. Come to Colorado!
decordova221 2 years ago
but then again it's probably a Duchene jersey since he wears number 9 as well.
decordova221 2 years ago
yeah he is he grew up and sakic was his hero and he loved the avs im a huge fan and i am so glad we have him
NextGretzky 2 years ago 2
Bruins will be trading Kessel to Colorado for the 3rd pick and taking Duchene, bank on it.
DDevil891 2 years ago
you're an idiot if you think Colorado is giving up Matt Duchene.
slimgopey 2 years ago 2
Say what!? Proven young players are ALWAYS better than prospects. Most of these kids that get drafted this weekend won't make the NHL, that's just reality. If they offered Kessel for #3 to Colorado, they should take it. Kessel himself was a 1st-rounder. Same if Heatley was offered to Colorado for the #3 pick. Sigh, sometimes draft picks are overvalued.
swong066 2 years ago
are you on crack? Matt Duchene just another prospect..
slimgopey 2 years ago
if your saying most players drafted wont make the nhl, your an idiot. if no player drafted played in the nhl, there would be no players.
jalapalois1 2 years ago
I was saying that if Colorado had been offered Phil Kessel (proven young player) for the #3 pick, they should have taken it. Remember, Kessel himself was a high 1st-round pick and any team would be lucky to have a prospect turn out that good. I think Duchene is a future star but at the end of the day, a young, star nhl player >> unproven prospect, unless you don't consider Phil Kessel a rising star! That's all I meant.
swong066 2 years ago
oh, haha, i get it now, sorry i didnt understand. Thats the risk you take signing young players, hopefully he'll grow and become a good player, but yeah, they probably would take the kessel offer if it came up
jalapalois1 2 years ago
No, you don't. If your team is struggling and in as deep as the Avs are now you'd want to pick the younger guy and right now the Avs are dumping off cap so why would you trade for the Negotiating Rights of Kessel who would probably want a pretty hefty contract that the Avs need to save up for the future of the organization.
justinleftwinger 2 years ago
NOPEEEEE
NextGretzky 2 years ago
It looks like this kid is going to Colorado as it stands right now. Unless Burke can work his magic and trade up to 2nd. Sigh. Toronto deserves an elite talent to be the face of the franchise. I like seeing Canadian teams do well. Not to mention, all the endorsements he would get from playing in Toronto! I'm sure his agent would like that. He reminds me most of Zach Parise....I guess we'll see if I'm right in a few years.
swong066 2 years ago
no chance colorado will give him up. espeically for MORE used up leaf garbage, they already have tucker and raycroft, no way they will go back to the leafs and get fucked again.
xAxiom720x 2 years ago
he reminds me of pat kane.. small, sick hands, speedy...
dmg8787 2 years ago
Duchene touched the cup...stay away from him leafs, bad luck all over him :P
mawfuckah93 2 years ago
all over him?...what about the leafs?
prestiethebestie 2 years ago
The Avalanche will end up with him
VeryRandomVidsV2 2 years ago
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Roloston played well? You're kidding me. A lot of the guys I mentioned played BAD. You fail to realize these American franchises are tanking and stealing the elite, clutch, character Canadian talent (Sakic, Lemieux, Yzerman, etc)- a big part of the Stanley Cup teams. If Toronto/MTL could get this guy, I think it'd be awesome. If anything, he'd bring the buzz back to Toronto. If I was a young star player, would I rather play for a big market team or a small one? This is a no brainer.
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swong066 2 years ago
Islanders need to pick Tavares for marketing purposes. He will be ready to play in the league next year. However, in my opinion, Duchene will end up being the better player and have a more successful NHL career. This kid has intangibles, like Jonathan Toews, Mike Richards, and Zach Parise. Parise is so underrated, it's too bad he has to play in a dump of a market (New Jersey) and on an aging, veteran team. I just hope Duchene ends up in Toronto or Montreal, star players deserve a big stage....
swong066 2 years ago
I'm a devils fan and they are not a dump market they just have too many useless old guys playing on there team, the same situation used to be with the rangers back in the day, if he wants a star stage he wouldn't wanna play in Toronto or Montreal, those teams aren't going anywhere
mirzayanov 2 years ago
New Jersey couldn't even sell out a playoff game this year! Toronto and Montreal have just as bright of a future as New Jersey. Montreal has Price, Pacioretty, the Kostitsyn's, Weber, Maxwell and Toronto has Schenn, Bozak, Stalberg, Grabovski, Tlusty coming in. Both teams have more good young players than people assume, unlike New Jersey who have guys like Roloston, Zubrus, White, Madden, Pandolofo, Mottau and other veteran garbage. Parise is underappreciated in that market unfortunately. Sigh.
swong066 2 years ago
selling out a playoff game has nothing to do with how good a team is, most of the time NJ aways beats montreal and toronto, white, madden, pandolfo has to go, mattau was only playing his second year and he was pretty good Rolston played well most of the time, canadian teams are never going to win the stanley cup again, those days are over, sorry
mirzayanov 2 years ago
I said NJ was a bad MARKET, not a team. They finished 3rd in the conference. But their slow d-men were exposed and Brodeur was outplayed by Ward. If you actually watch Toronto play this year, Ron Wilson has turned them into a blue collar team. They prob. would have made the playoffs if Toskala could stop a goal! Bettman does NOT want to see a Canadian team win and that's why there's such pro-American team reffing in the playoffs if anybody notices. Calgary was robbed Game 6 OT goal, etc. Sad.
swong066 2 years ago
Broduer played bad in the playoffs period, the d-men are not that good for the devils right now which is a problem, and yea Toronto didn't even make it into the playoffs, even if they did how far would they go?? lets be real, montreal did horrible in the playoffs, the hurricanes are going to be the 2009 stanley cup champions thats why the devils lost to them, idk about pro american or not but I know that the refs hate the flyers and devils and favour the rangers and red wings
mirzayanov 2 years ago
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swong066 2 years ago
im gonna guess the islanders are going to get him in the draft
mirzayanov 2 years ago
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swong066 2 years ago
this is gay
leafs suck and so do u
bumb head!
277414 2 years ago
i wouldn't be surprised if this guy ends up the best player in the draft and has the longest NHL career when all is said and done. ignore all the hedman/tavares hype. he is a well-rounded player, good speed, good character. he just scored a hat trick in a playoff game today. reminds me of zach parise or joe sakic....
swong066 2 years ago
...this guys looks like a baby.....hope he's good cause im a huge avs fan
bhoch08 2 years ago
yea the avs would be beasts down the middle with stastny, wolski, stoa and then duchene. then with hejduk smyth svatos and hensick on the wings. they will be great on offense. we also need to grab somebody like manny fernandez from boston or huet from chicago to have a guy to stop the puck
avsfan20 2 years ago
ahh...hopefully the Avs draft him, but on all of the draft reports they talk about the Avs needing better D. The defense is fine..where's the goaltending?!?!!
DevilDriverPyro 2 years ago
The Avalanche had better draft this kid... he can actually skate!
walonsubi 2 years ago
Matt Duchene=future of the avs
jjdog202 2 years ago
we have been generous to Colorado, first giving you guys Wolski and now perhaps Duchene lol
battalionmedia 2 years ago
@battalionmedia Yea but Wolski is a tool. I'm so happy avs got rid of him and got Mueller. Who knows how far the Avs would have gone if Mueller played in the playoffs. The line of Duchene, Mueller and Hejduk was unstoppable before Mueller got injured.
thamiks 1 year ago
The next Duke?
GoAvsGo6 2 years ago
I hope the Avs get this guy if they don't win the lottery! It is also awesome that he is an Avs fan making it even sweeter if they get him!
Archertom 2 years ago
Now that the Avs no longer can't pick 2nd, they hopefully will draft Duchene.
Can't see us winning the lottery.
odegard78 2 years ago 3
Not Sayin They Will But If Vancouver Could Get Him.. They Will Be UnStopable.
Just emagine Hodgeson,Duchene they will destroy the league
ItalianFootball4Life 2 years ago
I'll take Tavares and Okposo over those 2 any day of the week
danc42077 2 years ago
No...They wouldn't destroy the league, maybe in the Ohl but not the NHL.
JoakimShackler 2 years ago
Thrashers will take him
oilcountry44 2 years ago
His fav band is Green Day!
spfan68 3 years ago
I hope the Avs can land him. Stas-Duchene 1-2 punch. Oh baby!
elisionguitarist 3 years ago
I am so with you man.. seeing him not only with all the Avs memorabilia, but IN an Avs jersey has me really crossing my fingers for this guy that much more. A great sniper (and goalie) is exactly what the Avs need to rise from the grave to come out back on top.
TwoDudeVideos 3 years ago
Amen brotha. Those 2 things and a puck moving D-man and we're set!
elisionguitarist 3 years ago
we have that already....liles and shattenkirk
mackf72 2 years ago
Liles has underperformed and Shattenkirk has yet to even play an NHL game. Hopefully he steps up cause we need a PP QB BAD
elisionguitarist 2 years ago
He's probably going to Tampa. The Leafs and Sens have a great shot at him though.
bboyemme 3 years ago
vancouver should make a trade to get this guy... great for the future!
WowSecretsRevealed 3 years ago
Hope the leafs get him!! lol
Drenica123456789 3 years ago 3
I hope Vancouver tries to take him. It would be awsome if they had Hodgson and Duchene
jokerfan0069 3 years ago
No!!!!
iainm5 3 years ago
are you stupid ? hes a fucking top 6 pick and you think vancouver will get a chance to take him ? suck my bawls u fucking twat.
16DropDead 2 years ago
Lol, i like how it uses the Weather Network Local Forecast music.
GewfieNoofy 3 years ago
Nice segment. Hopefully he ends up in a market where fans can appreciate him. It would be disappointing to see a talent like that go to Phoenix or Atlanta.
friskie1986 3 years ago
Agree that hopefully he ends up in a nice market. Are a few options for him with the Leafs plummeting and Ottawa being down there as well. Regardless guy has a pretty bright future with that skill.
Flaris 3 years ago 2