Some Wednesday Evening Flyers Notes

First, Chuck Gormley on The Sporting News, US style.

Peter Forsberg says his foot is feeling good after a couple days of skating. It's still too early to tell, but if he can continue skating and maybe play for Team Sweden in the LG Games, he could be looking at an NHL return. If he does, my money is on the Flyers landing him. Forsberg has a lot of pride, and I think he feels like he owes the organization something. The Flyers aren't exactly weak on the power play, which is one of Forsberg's greatest strengths, but any time you can add talent, you do it.

Paul Holmgren talks about the deadline and offseason, courtesy of the Courier Post.

A few of the key points from it include:

- Shooting down the ridiculous Carter/first round draft pick for Sundin rumor.

- He will try to re-sign free agents Jeff Carter, R.J. Umberger and Jason Smith.

- The Flyers could be players come the deadline because they have as good of a chance as anyone to win the conference.

I'm sure I'm going to say this many times in the coming months, but there's no reason to trade Carter and a pick for a rental. This team is young and talented. There's a great core of guys here, and there's no reason to break that up for someone like Sundin. It's not worth it.

Some people worry about cap room in regards to signing players like Carter and Umberger, but I'm not concerned about it. Holmgren is confident there will be enough wiggle room to get it done, and there's no reason not to believe him. I think Smith is expendable. He's a great leader and does a great job for standing up for his teammates on the ice, but there's plenty of leadership on this team, and he logs the fewest minutes of any of our defensemen.