You are right, I totally missed that point. That puts things in a bit of a pickle all the way around. Now if Nashville had signed Sutter, we would not be having this discussion. It is kind of a Brad Mccrimmon / Mark Howe situation in that they loved playing together and complimented each other so well. The beast / howe situation was dissolved because of a poor trade. The Sutter / Weber situation was dissolved because- who knows? But here comes the problem. If Weber does not want to be there, he does not want to be there. End of story. Being an armchair know-it-all, I think he was truly bummed that Sutter went elsewhere. Had Sutter signed, I think he would have signed as well. The big problem with nashville is that they have a really good team, but are hurting up front. The irony is that they have cash now. If you put put a list of the expansion teams: Phoenix Tampa Fl Atlanta Carolina Nashville Nashville has been one of the best run organizations out of all of them (perhaps tied with Carolina)- especially considering limited budget. The biggest pisser is that is Sutter was any kind of upstanding guy, he would have convinced Parise to go play in Nashville. All three take 7.5 mil for 5 years. That still would have left Nashville with 8m to fill forward needs. As sorrowful as Minnesota has been (and I was always bummed when the NorthStars moved to dallas) I am vehemently rooting against them for awhile. At least what Kariya and Selanne did with Colorado awhile back was completely transparent and had ZERO to do with money. This is the opposite with Sutter and Parise. I totally rambled. But I agree I missed that point and truly Weber I think Weber will leave. I hope he does not- just as a stand of manmanship. I mean it is not like he is playing for Columbus, Atlanta, Florida, Toronto, or Tampa.