PTO: Chris Higgins signs PTO with the Flames

[HarvP19]

Title says it all, hoping the best for the guy. Real good trooper for the nucks last season.

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[SB84]

Like everything else Chris Higgins related... meh

 

[Zaddy91]

i wont miss himin our top 6

/shivers

 

[Sparksrus3]

And now for the 5 day forecast.

 

[McHortton]

Well it's just a pto so not gonna hurt.

 

[Habsfan2731]

Can he even skate? I saw him in Utica I think last season & he looked brutal

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Can he even skate? I saw him in Utica I think last season & he looked brutal

Sadly, no. His last leg injury wrecked his skating. I love Higgy, but he's pretty much done at this point.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Sadly, no. His last leg injury wrecked his skating. I love Higgy, but he's pretty much done at this point.

Too bad. I was going to say I would rather have Higgens than Chiasson... wait ... that still may be the case.. I hope he has a good tryout always liked him.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Too bad. I was going to say I would rather have Higgens than Chiasson... wait ... that still may be the case.. I hope he has a good tryout always liked him.

He does still have the skill to play at an NHL level; excellent worker, solid PKer and grinder. As long as he can find a spot where speed and skating aren't heavily relied on, he could work out. I'm hoping for him, but a lot of teams like speed nowadays.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Highly doubt he gets a contract. This looks more like a depth move for camp. Teams have to ice a certain amount of veterans for preseason games and some players will be missing due to the World Cup.

 

[izzy]

Scottie Upshall

 

[qwerty]

Hopefully it goes better than the last time he was here.

 

[ShotDownInFlames]

Hopefully it goes better than the last time he was here.

it wont

 

[Ho Borvat]

Count me in as a guy who thinks Chris Higgins will turn this into a regular NHL job.

The 2 seasons prior to this he was hovering around the 40 point mark, while being a high end penalty killer, and solid defensively.

He broke his foot before last season even started, and never really got back up to speed. I think this had a huge impact on his skating, and he never got back up to game speed.

Assuming the foots back to healthy, I think Higgins can still provide some quality bottom 6 minutes.

 

[Love]

Nice! Happy for him.

 

[East Coast Icestyle]

Skating aside, excited to see what he can do. I like him. Hopefully he can provide some forward depth.

 

[marvelousmotion]

Sadly, no. His last leg injury wrecked his skating. I love Higgy, but he's pretty much done at this point.

That's too bad, if there's one thing I remember about his game when he was a Habs, it's his speed. Watching Plekanec and him being constant threats on the Penalty Kills, getting breakaways and 2on1s with their speed was fun.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Really hope his foot's recovered and he turns this into a contract. Always liked Higgins here, and I really hated the totally unnecessarily ham-fisted way he was tossed aside here.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Can he even skate? I saw him in Utica I think last season & he looked brutal

Saw Utica play Toronto last year and totally forgot he was sent down and at first I thought it was a different Higgins or something. He was pretty bad from what I saw.

 

[Pip]

Can he even skate? I saw him in Utica I think last season & he looked brutal

He did suffer a foot injury last season. His skating was much better at the end of the season. I think he's still got enough left to be a decent bottom 6er. 1 season removed from hovering around 40 points.

 

[JuniorNelson]

Canucks do not treat players kindly or with a lot of respect for the person. Higgins was not the exception. He deserves a fresh start somewhere. I hope he doesn't have to go to Europe.

 

[Elvs]

I remember when Chris Higgins, Michael Ryder, Mike Ribeiro and Tomas Plekanec were young with Montreal. Where the **** did the time go?

 

[clunk]

Really hope his foot's recovered and he turns this into a contract. Always liked Higgins here, and I really hated the totally unnecessarily ham-fisted way he was tossed aside here.

Higgins was horrible this past year. I am one of the bigger Willie haters, but you can't fault him for 'tossing' Higgins aside. Absolute liability.

 

[madmike77]

I don't know. I think he'll be in tough to make the team. The Flames aren't really hurting for bottom 6 depth. I guess it can't hurt.

 

[wonton15]

He was a safe player to put out there and probably not get scored on. He is still better than a lot of the 4th liners out there and I would be surprised to see him not get a contract