dennis-kane.com - 7/1/2009
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Scott Gomez isn’t exactly the big centreman most of us had in mind. In fact, the team just got smaller by dealing 6′, 203 lb. Chris Higgins and minor leaguers defencemen Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko to the New York Rangers for 5′11, 200 lb Gomez, plus AHL’er Tom ...
nydailynews.com - 7/1/2009
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nydailynews.com —
The Rangers traded forwards Scott Gomez and Tom
Pyatt and defenseman Mike Busto to the Montreal Canadiens...
for forward Chris Higgins and defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko Tuesday. The move helps open cap space as NHL free agency begins ...
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Rangers trade Gomez to Canadiens
habseyesontheprize.com - 7/2/2009
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habseyesontheprize.com —
The insanity continues in Montreal, with the
Canadiens adding former Devils winger Brian Gionta at an...
inflated $25M over five season. You could say 20 goal scorers never had it so good! Gionta of course, rode shotgun to newly acquired Canadiens center Scott Gomez for a few season in ...
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Canadiens Sign Forward Brian Gionta
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Gomez Trade Reax: Rangers drain the poison, Habs get fleeced
Puck Daddy —
... purchase a calculator! The quick math, is an additional 7 goals and 22 assists at a cost of 2M more per season for a player who is four years younger and on the books for five more seasons. In a PPG ratio, Gomez is slighty superior, with 272 points in 312 games, compared to Koivu's 243 in 295 games. Factoring in that Koivu is the second longest tenured Habs captain, despite being four years older, and I truly fail to see where Gomez is an upgrade. Canadiens blogger Dennis Kane wants to take a wait-and-see attitude, despite some obvious pessimism: ...
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5-hole.com 6/30/2009 — Looks like the team could be significantly different next year.
UPDATE: Here are the full terms of the trade from the Rangers website :
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bleacherreport.com 6/30/2009 — The New York Rangers cleared significant cap space today, dealing Center Scott Gomez to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for left winger Christopher Higgins.
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montrealgazette.com 7/1/2009 — MONTREAL - The number of Canadiens players from Long Island may well be down to zero by noon Wednesday. The Canadiens traded veteran winger Christopher Higgins to the New York Rangers Tuesday as part of a seven-body swap that will bring impact centre ...
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Montreal Canadiens' Christopher Higgins is stopped by Ottawa Senators goaltender Alex Auld during the third period of an NHL hockey game in ...
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gospelofhockey.blogspot.com 6/30/2009 — Or at least that's the way it seems. In my last post I outlined which teams were in a good cap position heading into free agency. One of these teams was the Montreal Canadiens. One of the teams in a bit of a cap pickle was the New York Rangers. Today these two organizations made a trade: To ...
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dailyhab-it.blogspot.com 6/30/2009 — I guess this is payback for Jozef Balej. When Bob Gainey hoodwinked Glen Sather into taking Balej in exchange for impending free agent Alex Kovalev back in 2004, Montreal was abuzz with the thought of a marquee name finally landing in the city. Now, just over four years later, those two men have ...
Rangers News: Christopher Higgins signed...
blueshirtbanter.com 7/6/2009 — The report from the Rangers main page...
" New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with restricted free agent forward Christopher Higgins . Higgins, 26, was acquired by the Rangers, along with Ryan McDonagh and ...
Gomez To The Canadiens —
Bleacher Report - NHL 7/1/2009
Everyone in the hockey world is aware of this by now, but Rangers GM Glen Sather may have pulled off the fleece of the year.
Not only did he get someone to take Scott Gomez and his $7.5 million cap hit, but he actually got something in return.
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Canadiens sign Cammaleri, two others —
FOXSports.com News for NHL 7/1/2009
The Montreal Canadiens were busy again Wednesday with the signings of center Mike Cammaleri and defensemen Jaroslav Spacek and Hal Gill on the first day of free-agent shopping in the NHL.
One day after acquiring star center Scott Gomez from the New ...
