[RDS] Chris Higgins traded to Rangers for Scott Gomez

[Fish on The Sand]

it would be tough to botch a trade with Higgins. Trading a guy who is a 3rd liner, a good 3rd liner, but a 3rd liner no less, can't be a bad thing. That said if it means taking Gomez I'll be pissed.

[Watsatheo]

PLEASE don't be Gomez...

[Habsfunk]

Higgins had an off year, but I thought he was turning it around towards the end. I still believe he has 30 goal potential and is a solid defensive player and hard worker too. The return better be good. If it's Gomez or Drury (or Redden) I'll be very disappointed.

[Galchy27]

Unless it shows up on RDS or TSN soon, I'm not going to believe this.

[Snotbubbles]

I don't know. If it was Gomez, wouldn't the headline read "Gomez traded to Habs" instead of "Higgins traded to Rangers".

[sheed36]

Probably for Drury or Gomez... Welcome to the off season from hell...

[shamrun]

whats going on, i feel like im being tortured here. I always liked higgins, his tenacious forechecking will be missed.

[MonacoBlue]

Originally Posted by Fish on The Sand

it would be tough to botch a trade with Higgins. Trading a guy who is a 3rd liner, a good 3rd liner, but a 3rd liner no less, can't be a bad thing. That said if it means taking Gomez I'll be pissed.

He's not a 3rd liner. 3rd liners don't score 20 goals in their rookie year, follow it up with another 20+ goals in 60 games, and they don't get 27 goals at any point.

[MathMan]

No.

No, no, no, no, no...

There are SO MANY guys on the Rangers I want nothing to do with...

[PyrettaBlaze]

What the...

Please, no Gomez.

[Habanero514]

What if it's Sean Avery ? That would be even worse. What is Avery's status ? UFA ? RFA ?

[Pere Noel]

Originally Posted by hendextall

Kevin Allen of USA Today just reported on twitter that HIggins was traded to the Rangers

http://twitter.com/kausatoday

What amazes me, is that Kevin Allen would have posted that 7 minutes ago, and you managed to post it 9 minutes ago.

Now that was amazingly quick for you to report it !

Is hfboards clock off by two minutes?

[Turtleneck Plek]

Dubinsky would be the best return, however, I doubt he's coming our way.

I fear Gomez is what we're getting back.

[Kirk Muller]

Watch it will be for Wade Redden or something like that. Komo's replacement

[MrNasty]

My blood pressure is going to kill me in the next 2 days.

[rik3k]

RDS says Gomez

[JeromeHP]

if its for Gomez, gainey deserved to be kick in the balls and also get fired

[HomaridII]

http://www.rds.ca/

Its for Gomez.

[coolasprICE]

It's Gomez http://www.rds.ca/canadien/

[Habsfan18]

Please don't be Gomez or Redden.

[GoodKiwi]

Gomez or Rozsival would be my guess.

[Erik Cole 72]

Darkest day in habs history.

[Tricolore#20]

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Why Bob why? He could have made this deal after trying for the Sedins first?

Now we've got a massive contract on our hands, for a player we don't really want.

[MrNasty]

it's gotta be either Gomez or Drury and then the Rags will go for Heater.

[Fish on The Sand]

Originally Posted by MonacoBlue

He's not a 3rd liner. 3rd liners don't score 20 goals in their rookie year, follow it up with another 20+ goals in 60 games, and they don't get 27 goals at any point.

yes they do, it happens all the time. Look at Jordan Staal.