I never said he
played with Sakic
I read somewhere that Duchene got to meet Sakic which boosted his confidence and motivated him even more
Who did Tavares get to look up to? Old man Doug Weight is alright but who else? GARTH SNOW? YASHIN?
No offense to the Avalanche and Duchene, but Tavares has done as much, with a lot less. Even if you take out Sakic from my post;
Hejduk/Statsny/Svatos/Wolski >>>>> Weight/Okposo/Bailey/Grabner