The Canadiens acquired centre 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. Gomez, 29, is coming off a down season for the Rangers, finishing with 58 points, his lowest total since 2002-2003. Gomez has a cap hit of 7.35 million each year until 2013-14.