If the Wings beat the Blues, Fedorov gets 12 million smackers immediately, although he'd get it spread over four years regardless. He doesn't blink. The pre-holdout Fedorov might have waved off such a question, or mumbled some innocuous response. He adjusts the soggy towel around his shoulders and answers. I don't know if anyone from management wants to pull it out and show it to me, but I'm not going to do it.
Business is done.
All my focus is on the ice. That's what I do, that's what I always want to do, that's what I've been trained for. No hard feelings, not now, not anymore. Fedorov is having the time of his life, playing the hockey of his life, an energized blur of red passion. The Wings knew they'd have him back eventually because owner Mike Ilitch was committed to matching any offer, because you don't let a unique talent such as Fedorov leave.