The trade that sent Mikkel Boedker to the Colorado Avalanche from the Arizona Coyotes was barely completed when reactions from around the Coyotes universe started pouring in. Not all of them were positive:
That is an awful trade. A guy headed back to the draft, a defenseman we'll probably never use, and Alex Tanguay. Seriously? #Coyotes
— Daniel Rodriguez (@hidaniel) February 29, 2016
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At some level, it's understandable; it's far easier to believe in the value of a player that you see night in and night out, and nobody coming back to Arizona is exactly an all-world prospect.