PETER FORSBERG NASHVILLE PREDATORS PROFESSIONAL

The Predators, however, should not be that team. Some NHL team will think Forsberg’s immense talent is worth that price. It’s time for him to cash in with a long-term deal that is laced with friendly features - a no-movement clause, things like that. He’ll surely want much more than the $6 million salary he’s currently receiving. Teams don’t get better by letting franchise centerpieces walk - even highly expensive ones.Īnd don’t kid yourself about that: Keeping Forsberg could be crazy expensive. The assumption being that, of course, the Predators would want to keep him. And if it does, it’ll be easy to construe it as one of whether Forsberg wants to stay. That question might linger into the season. Josi is signed to play in Nashville at least through 2028. Outside of captain Roman Josi and - as of last season -goalie Juuse Saros, Forsberg would be widely considered the team's best player. That view is likely shared around the league. In an article previewing the Predators’ season, Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic wrote that “Forsberg is the lone top-line-caliber” forward on the roster. NASHVILLE PREDATORS GOALIE: Juuse Saros still same old goalie for except for mustache, tattoos NASHVILLE PREDATORS: Mattias Ekholm hasn't signed contract extension: 'I'd rather have it done yesterday'

NASHVILLE PREDATORS ROSTER: Eeli Tolvanen rooting for Philip Tomasino to make team Doesn’t sound like the two sides have been talking much at all, which is odd considering Forsberg’s importance. Such a cavalier stance from Forsberg hints strongly that negotiations haven’t gotten to first base yet - if they've even reached the dugout. He arrived this preseason telling reporters that he has “barely thought about” the fact that he’s entering a contract year.Ī week later, Forsberg replied to Robby Stanley of 102.5-FM that he has 'no rush to sign,' since he has a year left on his existing deal. Maybe it all changes tomorrow, but the lack of progress this offseason between Filip Forsberg and the Nashville Predators has shown in the star player’s indifferent words. While not the sole motivator for his success, he says his father’s regrets over not achieving more in his hockey career have inspired him through the most grueling moments of his own journey.View Gallery: Filip Forsberg: Nashville Predators forward in photos Read: The day the Stanley Cup went missing – in Siberiaįorsberg spent a chunk of the season with Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey League, the NHL’s top developmental league, before returning to the Predators for 2014-15, a year in which he was picked for the NHL All-Star game and All-Rookie postseason team for his efforts in the playoffs.

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PETER FORSBERG NASHVILLE PREDATORS PROFESSIONAL

Bruce Bennett/Getty Images North America/Getty ImagesĮntering his seventh NHL season, Forsberg has already gone through the gamut in his professional career.Īfter spending four years at various levels with his hometown team Leksands IF, he was selected 11th overall in the 2012 NHL draft by the Washington Capitals, who traded his rights to the Nashville Predators the following year. “I was just falling all over the place….I just wanted to run and play and stand up,” laughs Forsberg, whose father was a hockey coach and player.įilip Forsberg (R) joined the Nashville Predators from the Washington Capitals in the 2012/13 season. He laughs thinking of the early days, when he struggled to stand up but was so desperate to join the others playing hockey on a frozen pond near his grandmother’s house he begged his mom to take off his skates. “Me and my brother, all our friends just playing, it didn’t matter if you were good or bad, everybody could play, everybody could come.” “Sometimes, it was probably minus 20 (Celsius), but we didn’t care,” Forsberg, who plays for the Nashville Predators, told CNN. If the rink wasn’t available, Forsberg and his crew would find a spot to play in the street, break as soon as dinner was ready, and then head straight back out afterwards to play until it got dark. Before winning the world title and playing in the NHL, before Stanley Cups and All-Star games, Filip Forsberg had a stick, some skates and a rudimentary ice rink outside his school.īack in Leksand in his native Sweden, the daily routine was simple – head to class clutching your skates, then hit the rink the minute school ended.

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