TORONTO --Nathan MacKinnon said trading forward Matt Duchene has had a positive effect on the Colorado Avalanche.
Asked if the culture of the Avalanche improved after Duchene was traded to the Ottawa Senators as part of a three-way trade that included the Nashville Predators on Nov. 5, MacKinnon said: "It did a lot."
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