Free Agency Preview: Alex Tanguay

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The Basic Info

Last year the Colorado Avalanche made arguably the worst move at the deadline in principle. Alex Tanguay has been a great solider for the Avs over the years through two stints, and has been an excellent ambassador for the club. And with a young club that's not particularly great, you can expect the team to either keep the experienced asset for the sake of grooming the younger players, or move the player for a younger asset.

Instead, the Avs moved Tanguay for Mikkel Boedker. Boedker is like Tanguay, just worse in a few categories and he has a cool name. Tanguay is a pretty cool last name, in my opinion.

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