Mentioning the Flyers and the Stanley Cup in the same breath? That's different. Do the Flyers have enough to win? According to sources close to Forsberg, he thinks so and is very impressed with the Flyers off-season acquisitions of Danny Briere and Kimmo Timonen.
Philadelphia would welcome Foppas back with open arms, but can they afford him with the NHL's hard salary cap?
Estimations are the Flyers would have to trim 2-3 mil off the payroll to fit Forsberg under the cap. While it will take some maneuvering, it can be done. The Flyers have players who they can move to make this work.
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I've heard the two fron running teams for Forsberg are the Senators and Carolina...Although nothing is certian in the NHL till it actually happens...
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