WarMojo.com http://watchmojo.com/sports/blog Sport is War: News and Commentary on Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Tennis, Soccer Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:34:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 en Habs Gainey Shows Incompetence Before July 1 Free Agency Deadline http://watchmojo.com/sports/blog/index.php/2009/06/30/habs-gainey-shows-incompetence-before-july-1-free-agency-deadline/ http://watchmojo.com/sports/blog/index.php/2009/06/30/habs-gainey-shows-incompetence-before-july-1-free-agency-deadline/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:33:47 +0000 froosh HockeyTrades http://watchmojo.com/sports/blog/index.php/2009/06/30/habs-gainey-shows-incompetence-before-july-1-free-agency-deadline/ The only reason I can imagine why the Montreal Canadiens unloaded Chris Higgins to the NY Rangers would be his partying ways.  That’s of course an allegation, but let me highlight how bad this deal is for the Habs:

TO HABS
- Scott Gomez (an $8M salary cap hit for an 16-goal scorer!)
- Tom Pyatt (”he will be lucky if he plays in NHL and is a mini Guy Carbonneau”, according to Pierre McGuire)
- Michael Busto (East coast player)

TO RANGERS
- Pavel Valetenko
- Doug Janek
- Chris Higgings
- Ryan McDonagh (former top round pick)

Bear in mind the Habs will lose defenseman Mike Komisarek, especially now that his pal Higgins is gone.

Way to go Bob Gainey.

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