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Aaron Musick: Where will Duchene fit?

Found February 14, 2012 on HockeyBuzz: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Matt Duchene,  Paul Stastny
TEAMS: Colorado Avalanche

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Good news everybody, Matt Duchene is back at Colorado Avalanche practice. He's wearing an orange no-contact jersey, making him look like a traffic cone but Duchene is back, skating hard and looking like he is nearing return. Now that he is close to return, the question is where to put him in the lineup. When he went down with a knee injury, he was playing on a line Paul Stastny and a motle...
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