The Montreal Canadiens made a deal with the New York Rangers Tuesday, taking on a whole lot of salary in the process.The Canadiens acquired, C, Scott Gomez, winger Tom Pyatt and defenceman Mike Busto from the New York Rangers in exchange for winger Chris Higgins and defencemen Doug Janik, Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko.
The Habs certainly got the best player in this deal in Gomez. However, Gomez makes Zdeno Chara type money and is signed for five more seasons. Gomez may be on the decline, and paying a guy over $7 million on the decline might be a mistake. Gomez will likely be the number one center for Montreal, and may be a line mate of Alexi Kovalev if the Habs wish to retain him.
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