Peter Forsberg Announces His Retirement

[OffGoyim]

Originally Posted by canuck2

Taking nothing away from Sakic, I would take forsberg any day in a playoff series. Anyone that calls Peter soft is a complete moron and has an infantile knowledge of this game.

Peter was a very tough guy. I remember derion hatcher took a run at him and bounced off of Peter. Forsberg, like wen del Clark would kill guys. If he was Canadian he'd be an icon.

And I haven't even mentioned what an uber talent this guy was. And the bigger the games the better he played.

The guy has his own stamp in sweden he is a Icon. He probably owns the whole country if he moved and didn't pay 80% tax rate.

[hebbe_25]

Originally Posted by OffGoyim

The guy has his own stamp in sweden he is a Icon. He probably owns the whole country if he moved and didn't pay 80% tax rate.

Yeah it has been crazy here in Sweden now when Forsberg has retired. If you looked on the headlines in swedish media you could think there had been a new terrorist attack in the world. The day after the biggest newspaper had 20 pages about Forsberg and on the headline it stood "Thanks" with a picture of Peter.

Peter, Larionov and another russian are the only players ever with a "triple double gold" which include 2 Olympic golds, 2 WC golds and 2 Stanley Cups!

[OffGoyim]

Originally Posted by hebbe_25

Yeah it has been crazy here in Sweden now when Forsberg has retired. If you looked on the headlines in swedish media you could think there had been a new terrorist attack in the world. The day after the biggest newspaper had 20 pages about Forsberg and on the headline it stood "Thanks" with a picture of Peter.

Peter, Larionov and another russian are the only players ever with a "triple double gold" which include 2 Olympic golds, 2 WC golds and 2 Stanley Cups!

20 pages on a hockey players retirement now that tells you something about the nation of sweden. True socialism must be very boring.

[pbag]

Originally Posted by hebbe_25

Yeah it has been crazy here in Sweden now when Forsberg has retired. If you looked on the headlines in swedish media you could think there had been a new terrorist attack in the world. The day after the biggest newspaper had 20 pages about Forsberg and on the headline it stood "Thanks" with a picture of Peter.

Peter, Larionov and another russian are the only players ever with a "triple double gold" which include 2 Olympic golds, 2 WC golds and 2 Stanley Cups!

I expect nothing less when one of our nations greatest athletes announces his retirement.

And you know what, the two **** papers you most likely refer to (Aftonbladet och Expressen) are more interested in regurgitating what happened on Let's Dance than covering petty happenings like terror attacks.
So by honoring Peter on the first page is a fall in the right direction.

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Originally Posted by OffGoyim

20 pages on a hockey players retirement now that tells you something about the nation of sweden. True socialism must be very boring.

Yeah, you seem to be very updated on Swedish politics.

[forsberg21]

Well, if it was up to me, this would have been done a long long time ago. Of course it's nice to see my childhood hero play a few more with the avs. But this is the right choice, guess he doesn't think he can hack it anymore. I would think that 2 games in the NHL is all you need to find out if you can really do it or not at that age.

It's no secret how much I have loved this guy since i was a little kid. He was explosive, smart, tough as nails, and always rose to the occasion. I knew it was coming, was still a sad day for me though. He'd be a sure HOF player if he could stay healthy, one the best players in the past 2 decades of hockey. Of course considering the way he played it was never any shocker that he was injury prone.

Thanks for all the memories Foppa. Glad you never really really hurt yourself in the retirement roller coaster.