Five former and current Vancouver Canucks shook the NHL transactions world Tuesday morning, most notable being Chris Higgins clearing waivers. Although AHL Utica Comets coach Travis Green sounded excited to get Higgins, the potential for a trade is, in fact, greater for a post-waiver Higgins than it was for the pre-waiver Higgins.
Higgins (VAN) would be $1.55M buried in AHL if clears. Prorated $1.196M cap hit to interested teams rest of the way. Another $2.5M next year
— General Fanager (@generalfanager) January 12, 2016
Expect Higgins to be still on the market for contenders looking for good bottom-six stability and depth.