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With Forsberg deal, GM Poile may have saved Preds

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Never mind winning the Stanley Cup. Nashville Predators GM David Poile might well have saved his entire franchise Thursday evening. With ruthless efficiency that belies his understated demeanor, Poile has established himself as one of the gutsiest, most assertive GMs in the business with his coup de grace acquisition of Philadelphia center Peter Forsberg. If Forsberg can continue to play at the level he has since the All-Star break -- and that is a big if, no question about it -- the Predators ...

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