Habs get Gomez from Blueshirts
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06/30/2009 - Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Just one day before the start of free agency, the Montreal Canadiens acquired forward Scott Gomez and two other players from the New York Rangers in exchange for forward Christopher Higgins and three defensemen on Tuesday.
Gomez, who signed a seven-year contact with New York as an unrestricted free agent in 2007, had 16 goals and 42 assists last season to tie for the team point-scoring lead with Nikolai Zherdev.
Over his nine seasons in the NHL, with the first seven spent with the Devils, the Anchorage, Alaska native had 148 goals and 430 assists over 706 games. He was the first-ever Hispanic player drafted in the fist round of the NHL draft.
Gomez won the Calder Award after the 1999-2000 season and is a two-time Stanley Cup Champion.
"We are extremely pleased to have acquired an impact centerman in Scott Gomez," said Montreal general manager Bob Gainey. "He is an outstanding playmaker and an excellent skater. Having won the Stanley Cup twice with the New Jersey Devils, he brings to our team a lot of playoff experience. Scott is an elite player who will certainly contribute to the success of our team for years to come."
Montreal also acquired forward Tom Pyatt and defenseman Ryan McDonagh in the deal. Neither player has seen action in the NHL.
Higgins, a five-year veteran, recorded 12 goals and 11 assists in 57 games last season with the Canadiens. In 282 career games, he has 84 goals and 67 assists.
Montreal also sent defensemen Ryan McDonagh, Pavel Valentenko and Doug Janik to New York. None of those players has played on the NHL-level yet.
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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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