Peter Forsberg

CAN PETER FORSBERG SAVE THE COLORADO AVALANCHE???
IT REALLY DEPENDS OF WHICH PETER FORSBERG SHOWS UP…
THE PETER FORSBERG WHO WAS TRADED TO NASHVILLE A YEAR AGO WAS HELD TOGETHER WITH DUCT TAPE…
IN ALL FORSBERG MISSED 25 GAMES LAST SEASON WITH A LONG LIST OF INJURIES…
HE AVERAGED LESS THAN A POINT PER GAME IN BOTH THE REGULAR SEASON AND THE PLAYOFFS…
THAT’S A LONG WAY FROM THE PLAYER WHO SCORED 116 POINTS AND LED THE AVALANCHE TO A STANLEY CUP IN 1996…
THAT WAS ALSO THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME HE PLAYED A FULL 82 GAME SEASON…
HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE SAYS HE’S ONLY 34 YEARS OLD….
WHAT IT DOESN’T SAY IS HOW MANY MILES HIS BODY HAS LOGGED IN THOSE 34 YEARS…
IN THE 2001 PLAYOFFS HE SUFFERED A RUPTURED SPLEEN…AND HAD IT REMOVED…
LATER THAT SUMMER HE UNDER WENT SURGERY TO HIS ANKLE…
BEFORE THE NEXT SEASON FORSBERG ANNOUNCED HE WOULD SIT OUT FOR A YEAR…
THE FOLLOWING SPRING HE RETURNED FOR THE PLAYOFFS AND PRODUCED 27 POINTS IN 20 GAMES…
NOW YOU CAN ARGUE…THAT WAS DONE 6 YEARS AGO WHEN FORSBERG WAS ONLY 28…
PERHAPS A BETTER EXAMPLE IS TEEMU SELANNE…
AFTER THE 2003-2004 SEASON IT LOOKED AS IF HIS CAREER WAS OVER…
SELANNE COLLECTED 16 GOALS AND 32 POINTS…
THE NHL LOCKOUT WAS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE…
HE RETURNED A YEAR LATER AT THE AGE OF 35…
IN HIS FIRST YEAR WITH ANAHEIM SELANNE DELIVERED 40 GOALS AND 90 POINTS…
LAST YEAR HE PRODUCED 48 GOALS AND 94 POINTS…AND HELPED THE DUCKS WIN A STANLEY CUP…
THIS SEASON SELANNE SAT OUT THE FIRST 50 GAMES AND HAS COME BACK WITH 6 GOALS AND 11 POINTS IN HIS FIRST 10 GAMES…
SO…CAN PETER FORSBERG SAVE THE COLORADO AVALANCHE???
IF HE’S HEALTHY…NO QUESTION…