Agent: Higgins didn't make trade demand, will work with Canucks to find suitor
The agent for Chris Higgins says they will cooperate with the Vancouver Canucks in an attempt to find the veteran winger a new home.
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"We will work together on this," Matt Keator told Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman on Sunday.
The agent confirmed Higgins didn't make a trade demand, and said the Canucks have granted him permission to talk to other teams.
"There is nothing acrimonious here," Keator told Friedman. "We understand this is part of a transition. Vancouver treated Chris very well over the years. It was a great fit. We'll see where this goes."
Higgins has a partial no-trade clause but is willing to expand it, Friedman reports.
The 32-year-old winger is signed through 2016-17 for $2.5 million over each of the next two seasons.
He has two goals and one assist in 25 games.