Scott Gomez spent two seasons playing in New York and they definitely weren't the greatest years of his career.
After thriving as a New Jersey Devil, the NHL's first Latin-American player crossed the Hudson River only to put up sub-par, un-Gomez like numbers for the New York Rangers. It wasn't quite what he expected.
It wasn't quite what Glen Sather, Rangers fans, or quite frankly, anyone who followed his career expected either.
Scotty was the cream of the 2007 free agency crop. He was the player to sign if you were a general manager. Sather may have overpaid for him, but if you look at some of the other signings of the offseason (Daniel Briere, Chris Drury, Ryan Smyth, Sheldon Souray, and, ahem, Roman Hamrlik), the price tags were pretty hefty all around.
There was no debating that Gomez ...
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