Today In Colorado Avalanche History

June 24, 2006 - In his first major move as GM, Francois Giguere makes a big draft day trade sending Alex Tanguay to the Flames for Jordan Leopold and a pair of 2nd round picks (Codey Burki in 2006 and Trevor Cann in 2007). The Avalanche had already lost Rob Blake, Adam Foote and Peter Forsberg to free agency, but, to me, this was the deal that signified an end of an era in Denver. I've never quite recovered from this trade.
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I’ve never quite recovered from this trade.
Neither has the team.
by c0nquistad0rian on Jun 24, 2009 10:07 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
That was the first thing I thought of when I read this piece.
by Tommelot on Jun 24, 2009 10:15 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
for me, i knew things were gonna be different when they let Forsberg go. that was agonizing. but this one is in second place to that.
by thedoctor on Jun 24, 2009 10:10 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Scoring the first 2 goals and the gwg in game 7 of the finals apparently gets you no loyalty. Another 25 goal scorer would have been nice the last 3 years.
The guy formerly known as "Where is Bob Hartley?". Because it's never going to happen. And no one knows where he is.
by Pinchy The Lobster on Jun 24, 2009 10:20 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
A LW other than Smyth/Brunette woulda been wicked too.
Glad we got a top end, puck moving defenseman who can score at will along with the franchise goaltender of the future and our next captain/first line center in exchange though!
Oh wait…
by Hopfenkopf on Jun 24, 2009 11:51 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tanguay was a guy that was coming into his own and embracing a leadership role on and off the ice with the team. I recall reading quotes from him where he was basically saying that he recognized that with the departure of some of the team’s other key players, he had to be accountable. I really feel that Tanguay became one of the team’s key players and showed that he could create offense and generate scoring chances. It might even sound like sacrilege to say this but at that point, I even felt that Tanguay had done a better job than Hejduk at becoming a leader on the team and was more important to the Avs at that time.
In his last year with the Avs, Tanguay put up a career high in goals (29)s and also posted 78 points in 71 games. And he did that while playing mostly on the second (or third?) line with Brett McLean, who posted a career high with 40 points in 82 games and Ian Laperriere, who posted career highs in goals (21) assists (24) and points (45) while also playing in all 82 games that season.
by c0nquistad0rian on Jun 24, 2009 10:40 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
In his last year with the Avs, Tanguay put up a career high in goals (29)s and also posted 78 points in 71 games.
Shit.
In the end we get Lawrence Nycholat and some dude named Ryan Wilson… Brilliant.
The guy formerly known as "Where is Bob Hartley?". Because it's never going to happen. And no one knows where he is.
by Pinchy The Lobster on Jun 24, 2009 12:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought/think this was a bonehead move. I loved Tanguay! He was young, vibrant, and a clear talent. It seemed obvious that you’d want to keep him.
by Mrs @ MHH on Jun 24, 2009 11:04 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
The Drury Trade...
…is the one I’ve never gotten over. Things have never been quite right since.
by AvsHockeyPodcast on Jun 24, 2009 12:17 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think that this team would be lacking quality second line forwards if it still had Tanguay and Drury.
by c0nquistad0rian on Jun 24, 2009 12:18 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
tgise two trades right there made me question the gm and the team on direction, i understand that there were cap issues but you cant do those trades after losing Blake, Forsberg, and Foote. Losing Forsberg and Foote, you lost faces of the franchise and the trades made it even worse
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by DESTROYER on Jun 24, 2009 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I fully agree with you, but I wouldn’t want to be ditching out 7.5M in cap space for the numbers Drury’s been putting up.
For that kind of money we could’ve filled a line with 2 Darcy Tuckers, centered by Tyler “Wow, I’m actually the best on my line for the first time since kindergarten” Arnason.
by Tommelot on Jun 24, 2009 2:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it just me?
(and I guess my friend Dan too) but I thought Tanguay underachieved and floated too often. Great talent. Huge in the 2001 cup clincher. Benefited greatly when paired with Foppa or Super Joe and could finish and pass. But I thought he dogged it way too often. Not Wolski often, but too often nonetheless.
Not that they received fair value in return for him, but Calgary didn’t hold on to him for too long either.
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by Bob in Boulder on Jun 24, 2009 12:24 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
im with you. The Gayer never did too much for me — nice player, but not the sort you keep in your nucleus at all costs.
by thedoctor on Jun 24, 2009 1:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s not just you… He would disappear for a while and take horrendous penalties late in games. I think I over-liked him since the game 7 heroics. I’m keeping that one.. over-liked.. damn I am smooth.
The guy formerly known as "Where is Bob Hartley?". Because it's never going to happen. And no one knows where he is.
by Pinchy The Lobster on Jun 24, 2009 1:29 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked Tanguay a lot, but the trade didn’t hit me that hard. I didn’t like it at all, but Tanguay always struck me as something of a floater. He definitely dogged it way too often, and he never seemd to have any real leadership qualities besides the occasional cliche in an interview. I always got the sense that playing LW on lines with Sakic in 2000-01 and then Forsberg in 2002-03 greatly inflated his actual value. Out of all those transactions, I think Tanguay was the player that felt the least like a punch to the stomach. It was nowhere near the Drury trade for me in terms of pain.
by The Extra Attacker on Jun 24, 2009 12:36 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I liked Tanguay, and though I didn’t think he was a floater, I remember one of his biggest criticisms was that he’d disappear for periods of time, or at the wrong time. But it would have been nice to have had him the last couple of years.
I also was upset when he was traded. It was just another head scratcher that was making the team unrecognizable and I wondered how many more guys we were going to loose before the season started.
I had also just bought a Tanguay jersey t-shirt the day before…by the time I received it in the mail, he was gone. Since then I have been afraid to buy any thing with a players name on it (jersey’s included) because I’m afraid it’ll jinx the player and he’ll get traded.
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by Americanario on Jun 24, 2009 12:51 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
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by smoky201 on Jun 24, 2009 12:56 PM MDT up reply actions 5 recs
Very well-played.
Go Avs! Let's get some goals!
by Joe Dunman on Jun 24, 2009 1:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
That ruled.
The guy formerly known as "Where is Bob Hartley?". Because it's never going to happen. And no one knows where he is.
by Pinchy The Lobster on Jun 24, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
This was the reason I absolutely hated Leopold. I was extremely happy to have Leopold leave, because he was a constant reminder for me that Alex was “no longer with us”. Before that, I had thought he might even become our next captain, since Drury was gone. I also thought he was providing better leadership on our team than Hejduk did at that time. I believe that was the beginning of the end for FG. I never forgave him for that, especially since we ended up getting slightly more than a bag of pucks for him, which was ridiculous. I think Calgary undervalued his abilities/potential as well, and so after seeing what he can do in Montreal it is unlikely we’ll be able to afford him going forward. Up until that, I was still holding on to a shred of hope that we might able to get him back.
Even so, he remains one of my favorite players. A rare thing for me in other players that are traded.
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by Avsgirl on Jun 24, 2009 1:10 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
After Super Joe, Tanguay was my favorite player in the early Aughts. Sure, every once in a while he’d get lazy and vanish, but when he was on, the kid was ON. And he was a point-a-gamer. We can’t even count on Paul Stastny to do that these days.
Go Avs! Let's get some goals!
by Joe Dunman on Jun 24, 2009 1:15 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

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