Welcome back to a summer series taking a look at what the next season holds, one player at a time. We're running it down numerically, which means today brings us to the new #32, Francois Beauchemin.
The Avs picked up Francois Beauchemin this summer from free agency. The immediate plan is to pair him with Erik Johnson, and since the last time Colorado picked up a defensemen in his upper 30s to pair with Johnson, that was Brad Stuart, so people panicked.
Here's a little bit of why they panicked. I've animated the last three 3-year spans of Beauchemin's career, starting from 2011-2013 and ended with 2013-2015.