Giguere, What Were You Thinking?!?

So as a long-time Avalanche fan, it was very sad to see Pierre Lacroix step down as the shrewd and masterful GM of Colorado. He said he would still monitor the activities of his apprentice, Francois Giguere, and remain in contact with the organization. Well, Giguere just made his first blunder of his career by trading away one of the most talented young left-wingers in the league for an offensive defenceman who can't score and a couple 2nd round draft picks. If this was soccer, Giguere's life would be in danger for giving up one of the team's best players. The fans would settle for nothing short of his head on a platter.

I'm not saying Leopold sucks. Sure, he had a subpar season and definitely did not satisfy his role on the blueline. He's a scoring defenceman that was put to shame by the rookie Phaneuf. Even Robyn Regehr scored 3x as many goals as Leopold. But there are plenty of Leopolds out there. This regular season, Tanguay was the 11th top scoring LW and he missed 11 games due to injury. Tanguay is an All-Star - Leopold is not. I know the Avs needed the cap space and I know that the Avs were lacking in defense while the Flames were lacking in offense. But I think the Tanguay was definitely more critical to the Avs offense than Leopold was to the Flames defense.

I'm definitely upset about this trade. Calgary now possesses a player with the playmaking skills to give Iggy the Rocket Richard trophy next season. Tanguay will add to the Flames speedy forwards and should transform the mediocre Flames powerplay. If you don't believe me, just watch some of the great goals that Tanguay and scored and helped setup last season with the Avs.