Fansided · Mar 1, 2016
Colorado Avalanche: Goodbye to Alex Tanguay
The Colorado Avalanche traded winger Alex Tanguay (and two prospects) to the Arizona Coyotes for forward Mikkel Boedker. The sentimental part of me was sad to see Tanguay go.
Do you remember when the Colorado Avalanche drafted forward Alex Tanguay? He was their 12-overall draft pick in 1998. At the time, he was the highest-ever draft pick Colorado had ever had. The Avalanche have since gone through some Dark Ages and have even had a first-overall draft pick.
In any case, at the time Tanguay was seen much as Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog are seen — as a core young forward.
Alex Tanguay as a Colorado Avalanche