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How the Rangers trading Gomez went from 'imminent' to idiotic
How the Rangers trading Gomez went from 'imminent' to idiotic
Follow the bouncing B.S. ... A hockey rumor "blogger," whose hit-to-miss ratio rivals that of a visually impaired Imperial stormtrooper, reported that the New York Rangers are going to trade center Scott Gomez in order to open up cap space to sign free agent Mats Sundin . The Vancouver Canucks were named as the likely destination. This naturally sent places like the HF Boards ...
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No Go for Go Go Gomez?
Ranger Pundit — ... set off this latest round of speculation. You can tell everyone is getting itchy to get this season started, because everyone is ready to pounce on any morsel of hockey meat. Greg Wyshynski over at Yahoo Sports nicely summarized the feeding frenzy: How the Rangers trading Gomez went from 'imminent' to idiotic -- A hockey rumor "blogger," whose hit-to-miss ratio rivals that of a visually impaired Imperial stormtrooper, reported that the New York Rangers are going to trade center Scott Gomez in order to open up cap space to sign free agent Mats Sundin. The Vancouver Canucks ...

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