2. Matt Duchene needs to wake up
“Paging Matt Duchene. Matt Duchene? Hello?”
Through five games, the Avs’ supposed star center, Matt Duchene, has looked anything but star-like. So far, the best thing you can say about Duchene is that he finally got his first point of the season on Sunday with a power play goal against the Kings, but that doesn’t change the fact that Colorado needs A LOT more out of Duchene.
Other big-name guys like Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon are doing their part, but with a -5 plus/minus, Duchene has been one of the least effective players on the Avs’ roster thus far.
If that doesn’t change, don’t expect anything more than average from the Avalanche this season.
