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Taking A Chance With Forsberg
by Paul on 01/20/08 at 09:38 AM ET
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from Chuck Gormley of the CourierPost,
The Flyers are believed to be at the top of Forsberg’s list and if Paul Holmgren can devise a suitable contract offer, Forsberg could be wearing orange and black as early as Valentine’s Day, when the Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Flyers at the Wachovia Center.
With a few tweaks, the Flyers can create between $2.5 million and $3 million in cap space. If they offer Forsberg $1 million to play the final 26 games (52 days) of the regular season, his prorated salary of $3.54 million would count against the cap.
If they offer him $750,000 to play the remainder of the season, $2.65 million would count against the cap.
Judging from Forsberg’s recent comments, he’ll want a contract that includes next season and perhaps another, taking him through the 2009-10 season. If that is the case, the aforementioned salary figures (between $2.6 million and $3.5 million) would likely count against the Flyers’ cap....
Which brings us back to our original question: Should the Flyers do it?
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I thought Forsberg wants to play for a team with a good chance to win it all?
That is not the case with the Flyers, no goaltending and their defense is weak in their own end.
Posted by Bman on 01/20/08 at 09:51 AM ET