With mere hours remaining in the NHL trade deadline, the Colorado Avalanche announced they acquired winger Mikkel Boedker from the Arizona Coyotes on Monday.
According to ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun, winger Alex Tanguay and prospects Conner Bleackley and Kyle Wood will be heading to the Avs, and neither team will retain any salary.
The cost for Colorado isn't all that high given what was reportedly the Coyotes' earlier asking prices for Boedker. According to USA Today, the team was initially wanting to get a first-round pick back and then lowered the demand to a second-round pick and a "quality prospect."
Swapping Boedker for Tanguay, Bleackley and Wood isn't a bad deal for the Avalanche, who will benefit from the immediate impact of the addition of Boedker. Dan Rosen of NHL.com is a fan of the deal for Colorado:
NHL Network's Steve Mears also noted how the 26-year-old provides some much needed youth to the lineup:
The Toronto Sun's Mike Zeisberger is already looking forward to what should be a potent Avs attack:
Boedker has scored 13 goals and assisted on ...
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