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The meaty morning skate report looks at call-up Ben Street, John Mitchell’s oblique injury, Matt Duchene and Carl Soderberg line-sharing experiment, Nikita Zadorov getting scratched for the second consecutive time and more. That will soon post under denverpost.com/avalanche.
Here’s Patrick Roy talking about the Ben Street call-up:
Looks like most everybody in San Antonio is doing well for the 5-0-1 Rampage. Street . Andrew Agozzino, who has a team-high five goals, is out with a shoulder injury.
Matt Duchene, who has just three points (one goal) in 11 games, will continue to play some right wing on a line with center/RW Carl Soderberg and left wing Gabe Landeskog. Soderberg is legally blind in his left eye, so playing right wing in the defensive zone isn’t where he wants to be.
“I’m kind of playing both. Carl and I are kind of splitting it,” Duchene said of the positions. “I’m taking all the draws. He’s just playing (center) in our end because of his eye. It’s a little easier for him.”
Here’s Duchene talking about other matters:
