For someone who was raised just outside of Philadelphia and grew up as a Flyers fan, not least among those emotions was the February 2009 trade which sent him from the Anaheim Ducks organization to the Flyers' bitter cross-state rival, the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It isn't easy getting people back home to turn in their Flyers orange for Penguins black and gold, but Tangradi is giving it his best shot anyway.
"My parents and family were pretty easy to turn over to the Pittsburgh side, but my friends in Philly, I still haven't gotten them on board quite yet," he said. "Hopefully if I can make Pittsburgh a permanent home, that might get them to change their minds."
