Forsberg hopes to play (for the Avs) in playoffs

by c0nquistad0rian on Dec 16, 2008 2:04 PM MST Comment 34 comments

Forsberg setting his sights on another chance in NHL  The Denver Post  Posted: 12/16/2008 12:30:00 AM MST  Updated: 12/16/2008 12:48:14 PM MST

DETROIT — Peter Forsberg is going to give it one more try.

The oft-injured former Avalanche star has committed to making another attempt to play in the NHL and, like last season, hopes to be with a team by the NHL playoffs. If Forsberg, 35, can play, it would likely be with the Avalanche.

"I want to play. I hate sitting in the stands and not be able to be out there on the ice," Forsberg told the Swedish television program "Hockeynight" on Monday. "If it doesn't work this time, I'll call it quits. But I have the best doctor in the world (Bertil Romanus), and without him I would have given up already. I'm still hopeful."

Forsberg revealed he wore electrodes on his troublesome right foot for some games with the Avs after his late-season return.

"(I had) a battery package hidden in my pants. When I turned it on, the foot straightened in the skates. It was kind of funny," Forsberg said.

Forsberg, who posted one goal and 14 points in nine games for the Avs and five points in seven playoff contests, has 885 points in 706 career games.

Forsberg had another surgery on his right foot a few weeks ago, although he has declined to give details of the procedure. His agent, Don Baizley, did not deny Forsberg had the procedure when asked but also declined to comment further.

http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_11240938

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Playoffs?

The Angry Avalanche Nerd.

by BraxtanFILM on Dec 16, 2008 3:06 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

by Streams Of Whiskey on Dec 16, 2008 4:52 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

quote of the month

“(i had) a battery package hidden in my pants”

No, no potential for mockery there….none whatsoever….

by ahtrap on Dec 16, 2008 3:32 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

I wish I could say that. (Well I could, but a cell phone isn’t funny).

by InYoFace on Dec 16, 2008 3:47 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

If Forsberg, 35, can play, it would likely be with the Avalanche.

What gets me is that Dater is using Forsberg’s quote from last season as if it’s fact. There is no guarantee Forsberg feels that way since none of the current quotes include such a statement. I will cry if Forsberg signs with another team.

Red Wings Suck

by texacogirl on Dec 16, 2008 5:56 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think he’d sign with another team and the only team I could see him signing with is the Flyers and I don’t think they’d want an on-off player like Forsberg since they seem to have enough success without him.

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by Savage33 on Dec 16, 2008 8:08 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah but Forsberg for them could be the difference between a serious Cup run (still early in the season, just conjecture) and a first or second round exit. You think they don’t know that?

Red Wings Suck

by texacogirl on Dec 16, 2008 8:46 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I think Dater's basing his conjecture on Foppa's girlfriend

since she goes to school in Denver. Besides, last year Forsberg made it pretty clear that he wants to finish his career in Denver. I doubt he’ll go anywhere else. But I’m with you…I’ll so cry if he does!

When hell freezes over, I'll play hockey there too!

by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 16, 2008 10:29 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I’ll be disappointed if he plays somewhere else, but I would much rather see him play somewhere instead of nowhere. Forsberg has put himself through enough pain with all those surgeries that if he wants to play for a team that has a better shot at a Cup than the Avs, I’ll respect that decision (after a few tears.) Obviously, the exception is if he played for the Red Wings, in which case, I will cry myself to sleep, light a candle, and then declare Peter dead to me and try to find a new hero to fall in love with.

by JonHaven on Dec 17, 2008 8:12 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I’d even burn the picture in my wallet, you know the one, the one AD keeps posting over at AtA. PtG in the evil winged wheel may be the end of hockey in my book. It would be worse than Elway ending his career in silver and black.

MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.

by Bob in Boulder on Dec 17, 2008 11:40 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Either scenario

of Elway in Oakland or Forsberg in Detroit would result in me ending my love for sports altogether. There are certain lines that are NOT allowed to be crossed, and I wouldn’t be able to handle either happening. Thankfully, the Raiders aren’t in the market for a 40-something QB (is he 50 yet?) who just had his knee rebuilt last winter. As for Detroit…I don’t Forsberg goes there because he can’t play goalie, and that’s all they really need. I hope.

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by SlamDunkTheFunk on Dec 19, 2008 7:27 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Sigh

I think Dater’s conjectures are based on … oh, who knows?

He has 2-3 times in the past week talked about Forsberg’s girlfriend “going to college” or “school” in the Denver area. To whom is he referring? Because Michelle Wallace, according to the Rocky Mountain News, graduated from CU years ago and has been living with Forsberg in Sweden for the past year, it seems. While it is also possible that RMN could be wrong, the amount of information and specificity of details seem to indicate otherwise.

Just another example of his sloppy and inaccurate reporting. Everyone, please stop believing everything he writes. It’s scary.

From earlier this year in March:

"FORSBERG G-FRIEND: Michelle Wallace, Forsberg’s girlfriend, is as nice as she is pretty. Here’s the 4-1-1 on the petite blonde:

Born in Toronto but grew up in Minnesota.

Graduated from CU with a degree in communications.

Met Forsberg when he was still in Denver.

Worked in cable TV here.

Moved to New York and landed a job as a reporter for College Sports TV.

Reconnected with the hockey hunk when he signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers.

Moved to Sweden with him for the past eight months.

Speaks fluent Swedish.

Would like to pursue a career in magazines or television, but is waiting to see where the couple ends up after the season."

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/04/parker-forsberg-and-foote-land-on-the-runway/

by Pookie on Dec 18, 2008 4:40 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

she could be getting her masters

i’m just sayin…

When hell freezes over, I'll play hockey there too!

by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 21, 2008 12:31 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m pretty sure you don’t have firsthand knowledge about Forsberg’s girlfriend, as none of us probably do. I was just questioning the source of your information. The source … being Adrian Dater.

On December 16, 2008, Adrian Dater wrote:

“But his girlfriend also goes to a local college (and I’m not going to give any more details about her or the college, because I think it’s not my place to be a kind of society writer or something, "dishing" on things like that.)” http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2008/12/16/the-forsberg-plan/

I was just pointing out that we all are used to relying on Dater’s reports and his blog for Colorado Avalanche information. Unfortunately it is becoming apparent that he is really sloppy with his facts and I think he is becoming borderline irresponsible as a journalist. In addition to his report on 12/16, he has stated that she was in “college” at least one other time in DP, and more recently he has been calling it “school.” What the fuck? Can’t he get his facts straight before he blah blah blahs about it? It is just irresponsible to write things in a newspaper without verifying it or updating his information. (I am guessing that he knew like 5-8 years ago that she attended a “local college” but hasn’t noted the passage of years or other relevant, changed information). The fact that Dater notes he’s not going to "dish’ about Forsberg’s girlfriend when he’s mentioned her 4-5 times in recent weeks just shows a laughable lack of self-awareness. I mean, how does he even know that where Forsberg plays is at all influenced by where his girlfriend is located? Plus Dater writes at the superficial level of a high school newspaper reporter. Ugh!

by Pookie on Dec 22, 2008 12:09 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Two clarifications:
My rant is based on belief that graduate programs are generally offered by universities, not colleges which primarily educate undergrads.

It is just stupid to think an elite athlete at Forsberg’s level is going to decide which team he joins based on whether his girlfriend already lives there! Plus he already said during the summer that if he comes back, it will be with the Avs. I have enough Swedish friends (in both New York and Stockholm) to know that if they say something, they mean it. (Not to engage in ethnic stereotyping or anything… ;-) Certainly things like the Avs sucking like hell and appearing they will miss the playoffs might change things, but those are the relevant factors, not where his girlfriend lives. Jesus.

by Pookie on Dec 22, 2008 12:27 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Just to be clear

I’m saying it’s Dater who’s engaging in stupid thoughts, not innocent readers of Dater (like Beachie)

by Pookie on Dec 22, 2008 12:32 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

You could have saved a ton of words

and just said “Dater is stupid (on this one).”

Colorado Avalanche: Gellin' and Propellin'!!!

by Mike @ MHH on Dec 22, 2008 8:32 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Sigh

You’re so right. But unlike Dater, I thought I should support my statements.

I did not enjoy writing my criticism of Dater’s work at all; in fact, I felt pretty badly. I just wish he would behave more responsibly and professionally as a journalist.

by Pookie on Dec 22, 2008 1:14 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Phew

I was starting to feel pummeled! For the record, I did say “I think”…the only thing I know is when to properly use the words well and good. The rest? I make no assertions of knowing a damn thing. = )

When hell freezes over, I'll play hockey there too!

by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 22, 2008 7:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I’d say the girlfriend would have a significant say in it. If they want to be serious he’ll go where she is. I know many pro athletes who have traded teams/states to play where their missus is.

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"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Dec 22, 2008 6:24 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Sissies

by JonHaven on Dec 23, 2008 9:15 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I’d also like to add that it’s stupid to think than an elite athlete, especially one as amazing and good looking as Peter Forsberg has only one girlfriend. LOLOLOL.

by JonHaven on Dec 23, 2008 9:15 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but they’re all Budaj’s sloppy seconds.

by hockeymom on Dec 23, 2008 9:34 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Watch yourself, you might get a 10 game ban for that remark…LOL

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by Americanario on Dec 23, 2008 9:45 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

by hockeymom on Dec 23, 2008 10:10 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Plus they have more of a cap problem than the Avs do…

Colorado Avalanche: Gellin' and Propellin'!!!

by Mike @ MHH on Dec 17, 2008 2:17 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

We’re gonna be so far under the cap (after injury discounts), The Kings will even look down on us

26 Card Jet

by Tommelot on Dec 17, 2008 3:53 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks to the Nuggets spend-athon that resulted in bupkis, that may be management’s plan all along…

Colorado Avalanche: Gellin' and Propellin'!!!

by Mike @ MHH on Dec 18, 2008 3:16 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Playoffs?

The Angry Avalanche Nerd.

by BraxtanFILM on Dec 17, 2008 6:07 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

You wanna talk about Playoffs?

by JonHaven on Dec 18, 2008 7:24 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I think it’s time for a Forsberg watch thread or something to that effect. Kinda like the lingerie thread only it will be all about our mancrush on The Man. Updates, comments, arguments, and his inevitable return. We need something positive around here.

Red Wings Suck

by texacogirl on Dec 21, 2008 7:10 PM MST reply actions 0 recs