Arizona Coyotes Player Grades Week 21; Tanguay Strong In Debut, Goaltending Falters

It was an interesting week in the desert for the Arizona Coyotes.

At the trade deadline, former first round pick Mikkel Boedker was traded to the Colorado Avalanche for Alex Tanguay and two prospects. Later that evening, the  Yotes came out flat and fell 6-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins to end their five game road trip with zero wins.

Thursday night, they faced off against Anaheim and were bullied out of their own building 5-1. Max Domi picked up a suspension for losing his cool late after Ryan Garbutt took liberties with Oliver Ekman-Larsson.

All told, the Arizona Coyotes lost those two contests by the combined score of 11-1. They also lost any realistic hope of entering the playoffs.

Saturday night was an entirely different matter, however. Alex Tanguay arrived and put on a show to lead the Coyotes to a 5-1 victory. For one game, it was hard to remember Tanguay is 36-years-old.

Let’s see who rose and fell with the tides last week:

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