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Report: Higgins Signs Two-Year, $1.9M Contract With Canucks
Smithtown native Chris Higgins singed a two-year contract, earning him $1.9 million a year, with the Vancouver Canucks, theprovince.com reported.
Smithtown native Chris Higgins has signed a two-year contract, earning him $1.9 million per season and keeping the winger in a Vancouver Canucks jersey, according to a report from theprovince.com.
According to the report, Higgins signed the contract Friday on the final day of free agency in the NHL, and is taking home roughly $300,000 more than he did last season.
Higgins, according to the report, played on one foot during the second, third and fourth rounds of the postseason, suffering a hairline foot fracture blocking a shot against the Nashville Predators in the second round.
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