Breaking: We know exactly what the Avalanche wanted for Duchene!

We have known for months that the demands of Colorado Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic were very high for his star forward Matt Duchene.

As a matter of fact, we reported a few months ago that he turned down a deal with the New York Islanders, who offered talented defenseman Travis Hamonic, a top forward prospect and a first-round pick.

Now according to TSN's Darren Dreger, it looks like even though many weeks went by, the price hasn't gone down for the 26-year-old center. Here are the two options Colorado had:

I've heard of 2 options Col was considering in 3 way trade. 1) 4 picks and a prospect (high picks). 2) two prospects and a 1st and 3rd.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) November 5, 2017

Wow. Four high picks and a prospect, or two prospects, a first-round and a third-round pick. That is extremely expensive.

Pierre LeBrun also added that even though the deal was serious, Nashville never went as far as having contract talks with Kyle Turris:

FWIW, I don't believe the Predators ever talked contract with the Kyle Turris camp. Never got that far is what I'm told.
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) November 5, 2017