Flyers Season thread

[PhillyGirl]

Flyers land Forsberg

Peter Forsberg

TSN.ca Staff

8/3/2005 6:47:51 PM

Peter Forsberg is going back where he started.  TSN has learned that the Philadelphia Flyers have signed Forsberg to a two-year deal worth $10.7 million.

Forsberg will get $5.7 million in the first year of the deal and $5.0 in the second year.

The aquisition of Forsberg puts the Flyers over the NHL's salary cap, but GM Bob Clarke expects to make a trade within the next two days to get back under the league's financial limit.

The player most likely to go is veteran Jeremy Roenick, with NHL sources suggesting he is about to be moved to the L.A. Kings.

Forsberg was orginally drafted by the Flyers, 6th overall, in 1991.  He was then traded to the Quebec Nordiques in the Eric Lindros deal in 1992 before ever playing a game with Philadelphia.

Forsberg has 741 points in 580 NHL games.  He was considered the top forward available in this off-season's free agent crop.

[WEST is GOD]

WIP just said th Roenick trade is off.

[BigEd76]

 

[WEST is GOD]

They said Morganti confirms it, Flyers deny it.

Also another player might be dealt. Macnow said it might be Gagne or Handzus.

[Rome]

If it's Gagne, I'm gonna be really farging pissed off.

[Rome]

Already on the Flyers home page (sorry in advance for the stretch):

[WEST is GOD]

If it's Gagne, I'm gonna be really farging pissed off.

He said it might be Gagne AND Roenick. Which would crush me.

[WEST is GOD]

Roenick just said the Flyers emphatically said Roenick WAS NOT traded.

[BigEd76]

Now they're thinking that Handzus could be the one going.... 

[QB Eagles]

 

[Rome]

Someone else has to go.

Here's the TSN Payroll link:

http://tsn.ca/nhl/feature.asp?fid=6926

[Rome]

Peter Forsberg UFA (Colorado) $5.7 million
Jeremy Roenick   $4.94 million
Mike Rathje UFA (San Jose) $3.5 million
Derian Hatcher UFA (Detroit) $3.5 million
Keith Primeau   $3.42 million
Eric Desjardins   $2.28 million
Michal Handzus   $2.128 million
Donald Brashear   $1.748 million
Mike Knuble   $1.52 million
Sami Kapanen   $1.52 million
Turner Stevenson   $1.254 million
Joni Pitkanen   $900,600
Mattias Timander   $608,000
Chris Therien UFA (Dallas) $500,000
Jon Sim UFA (Pittsburgh) $450,000
Jeff Carter Signed rookie deal Undisclosed
Mike Richards Signed rookie deal Undisclosed
15 Players 2 Salaries Undisclosed $33,968,600


Restricted Free Agents: Robert Esche, Simon Gagne, Kim Johnsson, Randy Jones, Freddy Meyer, David Printz, Branko Radivojevic, Dennis Seidenberg, Patrick Sharp, Wade Skolney.

Unrestricted Free Agents: John LeClair (Bought Out), Tony Amonte (Bought Out), Sean Burke, Jeff Hackett, Claude Lapointe, Vladimir Malakhov, Marcus Ragnarsson, Alexei Zhamnov, John Slaney, Boyd Kane, Neil Little, Ryan Ready, Nick Deschenes, Jeff Smith, Radovan Somik, Peter White.

[Rome]

Carter & Richards will be close to $900k/each (I think) so that leaves $5M to sign the rest.   

[Seabiscuit36]

holy SHIZNIT 

[PhillyandBCEagles]

I like all 3 guys but if one of them has to go I'd offload Handzus.  I think he's set for a breakout year but JR is the best player on the team, even with Forsberg's signing, and Gagne is also too good to deal.

To be honest I'd rather have JR even than Forsberg.