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Unable to keep Peter Forsberg or Adam Foote, the Colorado Avalanche moved quickly to sign veterans Pierre Turgeon and Patrice Brisebois to two-year contracts Wednesday night.

Both signed deals that will pay them $1.5 million in the upcoming season, the same as was offered to Forsberg and Foote. Brisebois will make $3 million in his second year and Turgeon $1.5 million.


The transactions capped a busy three-day session for Avalanche general manager Pierre Lacroix, who wanted to keep Foote and Forsberg, but because of the way the new salary cap is structured, didn't think it was wise to offer either more than $1.5 million for next season.


"Peter was so understanding, just like Adam was," Lacroix said. "They were very understanding of the situation. They know it's a new era of the NHL. Other teams are doing different things, but other teams don't have the quality and roots we have."

There was a possibility of offering more to Forsberg and parting with some of the younger players, like Tanguay and Hejduk, but "I don't think the fans would have been proud of me for that," Lacroix said.


The GM said he was sad to say goodbye to Forsberg, who has played his entire career with the Avalanche organization and was considered the best player in hockey when he was healthy. But in his thinking, there was no way to increase the offer to him over the four-year, $13.5 million deal he tendered.


"We would have had to ask Peter to play one shift on defense and one at forward," had the team offered more than the $1.5 million, Lacroix said.

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