grandbazaar wroteBrahm_K wrotegrandbazaar wroteScott gomez just got traded to montreal in return for forward chris higgins.I'm not too sure how I feel about this transaction...
Huh.... Gainey, I'm becoming less and less convinced you know what you're doing. Gomez is an expensive and inconsistent player... Did I mention he's expensive? And that you have 11 UFAs to deal with? And that he's on a 6 year contract and that unless he exceeds expectations, it will be impossible to deal him to another team?
apparently his contract averages to 6.7 million for the rest of his contract so it isn't as bad as first reported. Still not convinced he'll be the impact player we're searching for.
Doesn't matter, the cap hit will remain the same at 7.4 or whatever million bucks.
Absolutely BRUTAL trade for Montreal. Sorry, but they're out of their minds. I'm pissed someone actually helped the Rangers with their salary cap woes and didn't let them pay for offering such ridiculous contracts. Not only that, Montreal actually gave up big assets to get the deal done! A young forward with upside and their best prospect. I'm completely blown away.
Oh and Bouwmeester signs a 5 year deal with Calgary. Ugh. They've got a killer defensive unit, gonna be hard to compete with that.