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Originally Posted by Noir
^^^ Not sure how that's going to happen.
Unlike Sundin, he doesn't have $20m to throw around anymore. Its rumoured he made a play for Gaborik. If he couldn't outbid NYR's $7.5m per year, I don't see how he'll outbid 29 other teams that may be vying for Foppa.
But then again, I'm not the most well versed on the business side of hockey so there might be an angle I'm missing.
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Money isn't always the deciding factor.
Sure, 29 teams may want Forsberg, but he might only want to play for 2 or 3. Last year (or the year before?), it was COL or PHI - I think he wanted to play with Sakic perhaps? As an example of a player's appeal, you could argue that Sakic was instrumental in getting Ryan Smyth to sign with COL. Now that Sakic's gone/retired, Smyth signed elsewhere!
Vancouver could be one of Forsberg's targets now, and with 2010 right around the corner, that could be a valuable bargaining chip.