I could totally see it. Based on what he said about Tavares, I fully expect him to go to free agency. He wants to win, and Colorado looks like a team that is set up to win in the near future and has a need for a player like him. As much as he might want to go to Nashville, they probably can't afford him, and he's much more likely to be put on the wing there, and we know he wants to be a center.
What I expect to happen this season is, unless Ottawa is in playoff contention at the deadline, they trade him to a playoff team, then goes to free agency. He then either signs with the team he was traded to, comes back to Colorado, or gets well overpaid by some team to come be their #1 center.
I haven't met a single Avs fan that wants him back. I can't see it happening
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There are very few certainties in the world, but I’m willing to bet Duchene never playing for Joe Sakic again is one of them!
Why? If you listened to Duchene after the trade, he had nothing but good things to say about Sakic.
I don't see how this is remotely possible. Even if Duchene and Sakic were open to the idea, I doubt Sakic would do it simply because of the potential locker room issues. Erik Johnson, Landeskog, and MacKinnon all seemed to express relief and a good riddance type of attitude once he was traded.
They didn't like having someone on the team who didn't want to be on the team. If he came back and enthusiastically wanted to be there it would be a different story. Also, coming back he would have a clear role as a 2nd line guy rather than the poorly defined role he had when he was with the Avs before. I think that would help him fit in again.