According to two sources, the Peter Forsberg saga is coming to a head and the prospect of Peter leaving Philadelphia is looking greater at this hour.

One source, a member of the Leafs television crew who is setting up in Philadelphia now for tonight's game, informed me that Peter Forsberg was at the Wachovia Center around noon today. For those of you not aware, the Flyers morning skate takes place in South Jersey, not at the Wachovia Center, so it is somewhat surprising for Peter to be at Wachovia Center so early on the day of the game.

Three separate sources in Nashville report that they heard that a deadline of this coming weekend has been given by the Flyers to resolve the situation. A dependable league source emailed me saying that it's heating up again... "lots of phone calls now".

At this point I would not be surprised to see this go down at any moment and I would bet that Predators are the most likely destination for Forsberg. I have even heard the name of 2005 1st round pick Ryan Parent (not a bad Philly surname) mentioned as possibly key to the deal. That comes from a good source, however, the names being thrown around are changing every minute.

I'm about to make some phone calls to key people involved and I'll report back with anything I can based on the information that I receive.

------------ UPDATE ------------

Tim Panaccio just caught up with Peter Forsberg tonight in the building and sent me the following quote where Peter confirmed what I have written. Peter said to Tim, "I'm sure it will all be settled by the weekend. I'm sure something is going to happen."

stay tuned

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