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Duchene dusts off ‘one day at a time’ for Avalanche trade questions

St. Louis Blues v Colorado Avalanche

DENVER, CO - MARCH 21: Matt Duchene #9 of the Colorado Avalanche skates against the St. Louis Blues at the Pepsi Center on March 21, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. The Blues defeated the Avalanche 4-2. (Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images)

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The Denver Post’s Mike Chambers posted an exclusive video interview with Matt Duchene, who was verbose ...

... Compared to the terse statement he provided, without questions, last week regarding what must seem to him like ubiquitous Colorado Avalanche trade rumors.

Check out Duchene’s comments in the video below, which seem to mix saying a lot of the right things - and finding a new way to use the “one day at a time” cliche - with a little bit of edge that makes you wonder how well he’ll contain his frustration in other situations.

How often will he be available for such questioning on the road, particularly in big media markets and/or around reporters covering teams who’ve long been connected to Duchene?

Either way, Chambers’ video is another reminder that, for all the times people roll their eyes at canned responses during press conferences and locker-room interviews, reporters can get less-guarded moments where you can parse out greater truths.

(And, hey, it’s nice to give Duchene a chance to make faces that seem a little less ... depressed?)

Chambers transcribes an especially intriguing part at the end of the interview (click here for more transcriptions from Chambers at the Denver Post, if video isn’t an option or your preference).

What if he’s not traded? “I’m not looking that far (ahead),” he said. “I’m taking one day at a time.”

Hmm, interesting, right?

/Refreshes the #FreeDuchene hashtag.