Matt Duchene RUMORS & NEWS

Denver Post "If Avalanche management is smart — OK, knock off the jokes, please — it will sign Matt Duchene to a long-term extension as quickly as it can this summer. For the Avs, that means June 22nd. That was the date last year on which he signed a two-year, $7 million contract, and NHL bylaws prohibit..." April 24

Denver Post "Diet: For Matt Duchene, it meant getting rid of gluten, dropping 10 pounds and adding more quickness and energy. Exercise: For Duchene, it meant not just going through the motions, but learning more what the motions could do for his body. The result of Duchene's new diet and exercise..." March 17

Denver Post "Zero point two seconds. Not much time by any estimation. But for the Avalanche, it was an ocean of time Sunday night. When replays on the soon-to-be replaced Jumbo-Tron at the Pepsi Center showed 0.2 seconds were still left on the clock in overtime when Matt Duchene's shot went into the net, the..." March 11

Denver Post "The ice-level dining room at the United Center is within 30 feet of the visiting team's dressing room, and on the way to the press box elevators is a bigger hallway, a good spot to kick the ball around. European football or Hacky Sack is the universal off-ice pregame warm-up for hockey players...." March 07

Mile High Hockey "It appears that Matt Duchene and his tender groin will be back in the lineup tonight. Mike Chambers and Mark Moser both reported that Duchene was skating today Mike Chambers @MChambersDP Looks like Matt Duchene will play tonight. Working all drills right now " February 28

Denver Post "Matt Duchene was expecting to hear a whistle. The Avalanche center knew he was offside. The puck was behind him when he crossed the Nashville Predators' blue line. His breakaway bid was going to be waved off. Duchene drove to the net anyway, didn't hear a whistle to stop play, and ripped a..." February 19

Denver Post "The Avalanche's 2013 season is going so badly, maybe we should follow the modern fashion for disasters and give it a name. My choice is "Ogie," in honor of the notorious goon from "Slap Shot," Ogie Ogilthorpe. Part of the Avalanche turmoil, of course, is fourth-year center Ryan O'Reilly's..." February 18

Denver Post "The Colorado Avalanche gave center Matt Duchene a $7 million slap in the face. We all should be so lucky. On Saturday, the Avs shouted an unmistakable message to Duchene: Grow up! Of course, $7 million isn't exactly chump change. But you don't have to read between the lines of the new..." June 24

Pro Hockey Talk "Matt Duchene is coming off of a disappointing season where he had just 28 points in 58 games. He recently inked a two-year, $7 million deal with the Avs and will need to bounce back if he wants his next contract to be bigger. According to Adrian Dater of the Denver Post, Duchene has decided to..." June 24

Denver Post "His left knee has been encased in a metal brace for three months. His right ankle has been wrapped in copious amounts of tape for a few weeks. Avalanche forward Matt Duchene has done a good job of keeping that under wraps to the public, but it hasn't been easy. "I've become a way better pro..." April 03

Denver Post "I always want to watch Matt Duchene. But in light of his injury -- again -- I have to ask: Are the Avs appreciably worse without him right now? I mean, it seems like when he was out the first time, they were the same inconsistent team when he was in. How is the team different with and without him,..." March 09

Denver Post "As Avalanche coach Joe Sacco put it well after his team's 7-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild, Steve Downie — the Avs' revelatory new addition to the lineup — "unnerves" people. With biker-length hair, missing teeth and a scowl, Downie definitely looks like a guy you'd want to think twice about..." March 07

Denver Post "In the otherwise funereal atmosphere of the Avalanche dressing room Sunday night, Matt Duchene briefly displayed an upward lilt to his tone when asked how he felt in his first game back after seven weeks on the injured list. "I felt really good. I might be actually in better shape now than when..." February 21

Denver Post "Matt Duchene? has never had a significant injury in his three-year NHL career, but that might have changed. Duchene, the top-line Avs forward with 12 goals and 24 points entering Thursday's game with Phoenix, sustained a right knee injury in the first period and did not return. Duchene was..." December 30

Calgary Sun "Matt Duchene had a simple reason for remaining calm through his early season struggles. The Colorado Avalanche rising star had been through it a year ago. Not only did Duchene pull out of his slump to kick off the 2010-11 season — as he's done this year — but he learned something valuable..." November 13

Denver Post "Ah, some balance. The ice is no longer tilted. The discrepancy isn't so obvious. With the NHL's best road record (6-1) but the only team to have failed to produce a point at home, the Avalanche made some amends Sunday night with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings at the Pepsi..." October 31

Denver Post "The Avalanche can't figure out what to do with center Matt Duchene?, whose star has lost a little luster at the tender age of 20, when his impatience for success has collided with coach Joe Sacco's frustration. It's not pretty. "I try to skip to step 10 before I start step one. I miss some of..." October 30

Denver Post "Matt Duchene is off the fourth line. The Avalanche's young center, demoted to the fourth line for Saturday's game against Chicago, skated with new linemates at practice this morning — Chuck Kobasew and Joakim Lindstrom. Duchene, with one goal and four points through his first eight games,..." October 26

Denver Post "Last week, I discussed how Kroenke Sports Enterprises' major Avalanche-related challenge in the offseason is to prove that the hockey team won't remain an afterthought in the family sports portfolio. Beyond the apparent "givens" that Greg Sherman will remain as general manager and Joe Sacco..." April 10

Denver Post "If the Avalanche didn't perform as poorly as it did in the final weeks of the 2008-09 season, Matt Duchene would not have been standing by a locker stall at the Family Sports Center on Monday. A 28th overall finish gave the Avs the third pick in the 2009 NHL draft, which they used to take the..." March 08

Denver Post "Matt Duchene, the 20-year-old center, lives with Adam Foote, the 39-year-old veteran defenseman and Avalanche captain, and Foote's family. In theory, if Duchene is late for a team bus, the captain could ground him. The Avalanche's latest struggles — they've gone 2-12-1 in their past 15 games —..." February 25

Denver Post "Avalanche center Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist for the losing Team Staal on Sunday at the NHL All-Star Game, while Colorado teammate Matt Duchene had a goal for the winning Team Lidstrom. Also in Team Lidstrom's 11-10 victory, Duchene took the first penalty shot in All-Star Game history..." January 31