When you first heard that the Vancouver Canucks had put Chris Higgins on waivers to demote him to the AHL Utica Comets, how did you feel? How did you feel from the fan’s perspective, from Vancouver’s perspective, and from Higgins’s perspective? You know how I felt?
Bad. I felt really bad.
It is a personal hint of guilt for Higgins. I picked him as the first half’s “least exciting player” in my midseason awards. You know, he is one of the few remaining from the glorious 2011 Stanley Cup Finals run and the “Golden Era” under Alain Vigneault.