Christopher Higgins, New York Rangers, NHL

Christopher Higgins, LW

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G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	TOI
12	11	23	-1	22	16:58

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Rangers, Higgins agree on deal: The New York Rangers agreed to terms on a one-year, $2.25 million deal with Christopher Higgins, a restricted free agent acquired last week in a six-player trade that sent Scott Gomez to the Montreal Canadiens. The Rangers announced the deal on Monday. Higgins, a Long Island native, came to the Rangers along with Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko for Gomez, Tom Pyatt and Mike Busto last Tuesday -- the eve of the start of the NHL free-agent shopping season.
(Updated 07/06/2009).

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In 282 regular-season NHL games with Montreal, the left winger had 84 goals and 67 assists. Higgins has reached the 20-goal mark three times, including a career-high 27 in the 2007-08 season when he set a personal best with 52 points in 82 games. Higgins had a down year in 2008-09 due to injury, but if he can stay healthy in 2009-10, he has the ability to hit 20 goals again. Higgins will have low-end Fantasy appeal Draft Day. He also has Fantasy appeal in leagues that reward heavily for short-handed stats.
(Updated 07/06/2009).

LW Christopher Higgins, acquired in a June 30 trade, agreed to a one-year, $2.25 million contract with the Rangers. 76//2009

The New York Rangers have agreed to terms with Chris Higgins, a restricted free agent acquired last week in a six-player trade that sent Scott Gomez to the Montreal Canadiens.
07/06/2009

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Higgins, a Long Island native, came to the Rangers along with Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko for Gomez, Tom Pyatt and Mike Busto last Tuesday - the eve of the start of the NHL free-agent shopping season. In 282 regular-season NHL games with Montreal, the left winger had 84 goals and 67 assists. Higgins has reached the 20-goal mark three times, including a career-high 27 in the 2007-08 season when he set a personal best with 52 points in 82 games.

Injury Report

No information available at this time (Updated 7/10/09).

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June 30, 2009: Trade creates cap space for Rangers, more pressure for Gomez

Scott Gomez is a now a Canadien. If he had trouble with high expectations after joining the Rangers, wait until he and his high salary hit the ultra-intense Montreal market, Wes Goldstein says.

June 30, 2009: Rangers send Gomez to Canadiens in six-player deal

The Rangers started trimming salary Tuesday by trading star center Scott Gomez to the Canadiens for forward Chris Higgins in a six-player deal.

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	Opp.	G	A	PTS	+/-	TOI
04/09	BOS	0	0	0	-1	18:31
04/11	PIT	0	0	0	-1	18:35
04/16	BOS	1	0	1	0	16:11
04/18	BOS	0	0	0	0	14:58
04/20	BOS	1	0	1	0	20:27
04/22	BOS	0	0	0	-1	18:42
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SEASON	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PP	SH	GW	GT	FW	FL
2003-04	Montreal	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
2005-06	Montreal	80	23	15	38	-1	7	3	3	0	23	22
2006-07	Montreal	61	22	16	38	-11	8	3	3	0	18	35
2007-08	Montreal	82	27	25	52	0	12	0	5	0	22	40
2008-09	Montreal	57	12	11	23	-1	2	2	1	0	29	28
		282	84	67	151	-13	29	8	12	0	94	132

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SEASON	Team	S	S%	TOI	SHIFTS	PPTOI	SHTOI	PIM	MJR	MSC	MNR
2003-04	Montreal	0	0.0	12:36	18	0:49	1:19	0	0	0	0
2005-06	Montreal	148	15.5	1152:43	1512	127:47	181:30	26	0	0	13
2006-07	Montreal	159	13.8	1092:19	1325	197:37	129:01	26	0	0	13
2007-08	Montreal	241	11.2	1472:04	1721	267:08	125:58	22	0	0	11
2008-09	Montreal	151	7.9	968:45	1213	122:12	121:54	22	0	0	11
		699	12.0	4698:27	5789	715:33	559:42	96	0	0	48

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SEASON	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PP	SH	GW	GT	FW	FL
2005-06	Montreal	6	1	3	4	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1
2007-08	Montreal	12	3	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	16	32
2008-09	Montreal	4	2	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0
		22	6	5	11	-3	0	0	0	0	19	33

MORE POSTSEASON STATS
SEASON	Team	S	S%	TOI	SHIFTS	PPTOI	SHTOI	PIM	MJR	MSC	MNR
2005-06	Montreal	7	14.3	102:23	140	16:59	6:01	0	0	0	0
2007-08	Montreal	34	8.8	221:25	258	46:41	10:18	2	0	0	1
2008-09	Montreal	8	25.0	70:18	91	2:51	14:38	2	0	0	1
		49	12.2	394:06	489	66:31	30:57	4	0	0	2

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