Or the Maple Leafs, with Mats Sundin?) As an entrepreneur ... and is ready to help lead the 2002 Olympic team in Salt Lake. "I'm a little nervous," Forsberg said in Stockholm.

There is no doubt, though, that despite the lack of reverence Forsberg showed to Salming, it was Salming who helped pave the way for players such as Mats Sundin and Forsberg to follow later.