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Report: Avs feel they have ‘no choice’ but to trade O’Reilly

Colorado Avalanche v New York Islanders

during the first period of an NHL hockey game at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on February 8, 2014 in Uniondale, New York.

Paul Bereswill

From Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos:

A $60 million contract over eight years would garner a cap hit of $7.5 million. Matt Duchene, in contrast, has a cap hit of $6 million. Paul Stastny left Colorado last summer for St. Louis, where he signed a four-year deal with a cap hit of $7 million.

We wrote last week about O’Reilly, and how the Avalanche need to hit a home run if they do decide to trade him.

O’Reilly can’t sign a contract extension until July 1. Considering any acquiring team will want to be certain it can keep him long-term, timing of any possible trade will be interesting.

Will it have to wait until after the draft?