Wow the comment section here has become really awful.

*Everything is Kreonke's fault.*
*Sakic is the worst GM of all time.*
*The team should trade Duchene right away.*

Meanwhile, in reality, Kreonke just signs the checks at this point and the Avs were until very recently a cap team. Sakic has actually made some very good moves (trading for Ghetto, signing Kerfoot for example) along with some really bad ones. But since Roy left, the good has generally outpaced the bad, so maybe those terrible Sakic decisions (Brad Stuart, Beauchemin etc.) were more Roy than Sakic.

And finally, no, the Avs should not trade Duchene right away because if there were good offers out there, he'd have been traded by now. It takes two to tango, and many of you would be mad if Sakic got a bad return for Duchene. His value goes up next July (extension eligibility). If he's getting traded, that's probably when it happens.