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Rangers get Higgins and some wiggle room

With one sudden salary-dump, the once cap-strapped Rangers became players in the NHL's free-agent market when the gates swing open Wednesday. Center Scott Gomez, who left the Devils after winning two Stanley Cups for a seven-year, $51.5-million deal with the Rangers two years ago - the same day that Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather acquired free-agent center Chris Drury - was shipped...

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