Well That Was Quick: Peter Forsberg Retires
by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 14, 2011 10:26 PM EST
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PrintJust two games into his comeback with the Avalanche, Peter Forsberg has retired.
From Denver News 1130:
In a teary farewell Monday, the usually even-tempered Forsberg paused several times to fight back emotions as he pulled the plug on his latest comeback attempt after playing just two games with the Colorado Avalanche.
The former NHL MVP has been plagued by a chronic foot ailment since 2003, robbing him of chunks of his career.
But Forsberg wanted one last go-round, just to see if he could still play on the NHL level. He began skating with the Avs on Jan. 22 simply to test out the foot.
Too bad most of us knew this would happen except for Forsberg.
Quotes from Forsberg:
"I'm really happy that I got the chance with the Avalanche to come back here and try for the last time and put an end to it," said Forsberg, who will have his No. 21 sweater retired by the team at some point next season. "Knowing for fact, 100 per cent sure, that I'm not going to play anymore.
"When I look back, I'm going to be feeling pretty good about my career."
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Forsberg never officially retired before.
by Michael Gleich on Feb 14, 2011 10:27 PM EST reply actions
Just seeing if you were paying attention. I should have known you were, and the correction has been made.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 14, 2011 10:31 PM EST up reply actions
Now go check your email
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 14, 2011 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
Odds on Foppa being a HoFer?
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Pretty good
Being that Cam Neely and Clark Gillies got in. Bure and Lindros get my vote as well
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by The Last Shall Become First on Feb 15, 2011 1:07 AM EST up reply actions
Hey Jim…is there something wrong with the viewing party post? Tried clicking on it earlier today and just now, and get a 404 error on it.
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 14, 2011 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
it's happening on alot of sbnation sites
Dear FOX...
Fire Aikman and replace him with Strahan please
by 56THE REAL LT on Feb 15, 2011 12:42 AM EST up reply actions
Bout time he hung them up.
He’s like our version of Brett Farve, except swedish.
i was just about to say that
Dear FOX...
Fire Aikman and replace him with Strahan please
by 56THE REAL LT on Feb 15, 2011 12:43 AM EST up reply actions
How?
Forsberg made one brief comeback attempt and realized that he couldn’t play anymore and bowed out gracefully unlike Favre who doesn’t know when to leave. I don’t think Forsberg had any real ideas about playing out the rest of the season, you can’t fault the guy for one last try no matter how ill fated it was
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
by Kevin Power on Feb 15, 2011 9:20 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I sympathise with the guy. He was once a great athlete but his time is past.
On the other hand you must have been living under a rock? This isn’t Forseberg’s first comeback. He’s been playing this “I’ll come back for the playoffs” game for 3 years now.
Yeah, but it is different from Favre
Forsberg had health issues and didn’t know if he could play at all. Brett Favre’s repeated comebacks are just about how his selfishness has no offseason and he does these dalliances with as much publicity as he can muster. I don’t blame Forsberg for coming back at all…he wanted to try and come back and couldn’t. Favre aside, I really have no problem with guys makikng repeated comebacks; they’re athletes and this is a big part of who they are. Its hard to say goodbye to that. I know that the majority of people, if they were professional athletes would want to play as long as they possibly could.
Forsberg's Foot, Lindros' Head and Bure's Knee
Three of the best players in the 90s and early 2000s, three careers cut short way too soon.
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by The Last Shall Become First on Feb 15, 2011 1:06 AM EST reply actions
Shame that it had to end so unceremoniously, would have liked to see him get to skate at least one game on home ice before he called it quits. He has earned the right to leave the sport with dignity though, and that is what he chose to do. One of the most talented players ever, enjoy the retirement Forsberg.
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"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
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"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
by Kevin Power on Feb 15, 2011 6:58 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
minor technicality
"Don't look now, but there's one too many people in this room and I think it's you." Groucho Marx
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot" Evgeny Nabakov on Garth Snow
In Prust We Trust
"Kovalev would work with Tortorella like a kitty would work in a microwave.
A lot of smoke and desperate clawing at the door. It wouldn’t work. It would just be a big, hot mess." -Dig Deep
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