Waiting on the Matt Duchene trade takes great patience

Matt Duchene is still wearing No. 9 for the Colorado Avalanche.
The question is: For how much longer?
The betting money during the off-season was the disgruntled centre would already have a new National Hockey League home, but the situation hasn’t been normal since Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic started listening to offers for Duchene nearly two years ago.
As many as eight teams have held talks with the Avalanche about Duchene, including the Columbus Blue Jackets, Ottawa Senators, Mon