Plant Forsberg Comeback?
(01.12.2001)

Geht es nach einem Bericht der Vancouver Province, dann plant Colorados Torjäger Peter Forsberg nächste Woche das Eistraining aufzunehmen und für den Monat Januar sein Comeback. Der Schwede hatte im September völlig überraschend verkündet, dass er diese Saison erst einmal aussetzen will, um seinen von Verletzungen geschundenen Körper zu regenerieren.

Forsberg hatte die letzten 12 Spiele seiner Colorado Avalanche im Mai/Juni dieses Jahres auf dem Weg zum Stanley Cup pausieren müssen, nachdem ihm nach dem siebten Spiel gegen Los Angeles in einer Notoperation die Milz entfernt werden musste. Noch im Sommercamp der Avs verkündete er seine Entscheidung, vorerst vom Spielbetrieb auszusetzen.

Der amtierende Titelverteidiger dürfte die Hilfe des Stürmers mit der Nummer 21 gut gebrauchen können, blieb das Team im bisherigen Saisonverlauf weit unter seinen Möglichkeiten und befindet sich nur auf Platz Acht im Westen. Forsberg, der letzte Spielzeit in 72 Partien 27 Tore erzielte und 62 Assists verbuchte, erreichte in seiner Karriere 580 Scorerpunkte in 466 NHL-Begegnungen.

http://www.eishockey.com/berichte/news/col011201.htm

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cheers Stefan
Offiziell ist nicht immer besser

Laut Informationen die Eishockey.com vorliegen wird Forsberg heute abend für Schweden nominiert, das heißt er wird im Januar zurückkehren!

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cheers Stefan
Offiziell ist nicht immer besser

mensch stefan !!!!

DANN HÄLT DIE SERIE UND WIR KÖNNEN DEN CUP DOCH VERTEIDIGEN !!!



chris


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terry frei

Forsberg's comeback enigmatic

By Terry Frei
Denver Post Sports Writer

Monday, December 31, 2001 - Last week, the confirmation came: Peter Forsberg is going to try to get into condition to play for the Swedish Olympic team and the Colorado Avalanche in the next couple of months.

Although Forsberg previously had said he hadn't ruled out an Olympic attempt, this news confirmed he would.

In theory, it meant he was closer to rejoining the Avalanche.

Yes, I pondered Forsberg's grittiness, looked at the calendar, the NHL schedule and the Olympic bracket, and guessed several times over the past few months he would return for Thursday's home game against the New York Rangers.

It also would have involved the drama of Forsberg returning against two Rangers who have become compelling NHL comeback stories. Eric Lindros is back after missing last season because of his concussion problems and his pre-trade feud with the Flyers' management. Bryan Berard still is essentially blind in one eye after a horrific stick accident last year, but he has come out of retirement.

No, Forsberg won't be playing Thursday against the Rangers. Lindros might not either, with the Rangers being ultra-cautious after he complained of headaches during the weekend. But at least the Rangers know he'll be back in the lineup soon, perhaps as soon as tonight at Phoenix.

And Forsberg, still linked to Lindros by the 1992 megatrade that sent Forsberg's rights to the Quebec Nordiques?

We still don't know all that's going on there. That includes Forsberg's timetable, but also the glaring contradiction. The Avalanche medical staff cleared Forsberg to take the ice for training camp, and he indeed did skate with teammates before requesting the leave of absence.

Each time that issue is raised, Forsberg's friends infer his toughness and sincerity are being doubted. That's not the case here. His obvious toughness, in fact, is the reason to wonder if there isn't more to this than his unquestionably painful ankles, the effects of his spleen removal in May and the cumulative toll of his injuries over the past few seasons.

As honorable as Forsberg has been in not accepting his salary this season, that again underscores the reality that if this were just injuries, he would have - and should have - tried to rehabilitate under the auspices of the team and collected his salary.

Sweden's first game at Salt Lake City is Feb. 15 against Canada. And that brings us to the virtual promise Forsberg made on a conference call from Stockholm on Sept. 15.

He insisted he wouldn't play for Sweden in the Olympics if he hadn't rejoined the Avalanche. Colorado has 19 games remaining before the Olympic shutdown.

Forsberg still in good faith could hit the ice and try, but then decide he isn't yet up to it physically and bow out of the Olympic picture altogether. If that happens, he then will be able to say to his countrymen: "I tried."

But it also isn't fair to the Avalanche if Forsberg's plan evolves into using the Olympics as his personal experiment. And it would be unconscionable if Forsberg plays for Sweden, in part to assuage his countrymen, then decides he still isn't up to the rigors of the NHL.

Forsberg is too honorable for that. Right?

If he doesn't play for Sweden or Colorado by mid-February, it would have reached the point where the Avs must tell him they will begin operating on the assumption that he will not return this season, and that under the "Alexei Yashin precedent," his contract will be pushed back a season.

That's significant because Forsberg was to be a restricted free agent after this season.

In the real NHL world, an offer from another team was unlikely after this season, but the Avs at least would have been dealing with having to talk about a new deal with Forsberg.

And under the circumstances, with Forsberg scheduled to make $11 million in his next season, pushing the contract back a year makes sense for the Avs and the Swede. Forsberg would get to establish next season that he is back and whole before he negotiates his next contract, and the Avs have cost certainty with him for next season.

The latest prediction: Forsberg will be back in a Colorado uniform on . . .

Uh, let's just say: Sometime.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,104%257E306034,00.html



Die Zeit wird kommen, ohohoh

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cheers Stefan
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avalanche


Forsberg ready for Avs return


Center set to play before Olympics

By Adrian Dater
Denver Post Sports Writer

Tuesday, January 08, 2002 - He always said he would be back. But this week, Peter Forsberg will make it official.


Forsberg
Yes, Forsberg will play again for the Colorado Avalanche this season. Yes, he will return to the team before the start of the Winter Olympics.

After nearly four months away from the team, Forsberg on Monday informed the Avalanche he will return to Denver this week to announce plans to return to the team before next month's Olympics, then play for his native Sweden in Salt Lake City.

"Peter tonight gave (Avs general manager) Pierre Lacroix his intentions, and will be in Denver later this week," Avs director of media relations Jean Martineau said. "We will know more about his (exact return date) later (today)."

A high-level NHL source told The Denver Post on Dec. 28 that Forsberg had decided to come back to the Avs before the Olympics, but still needed to test his surgically repaired ankles more to make sure he would be fit to play.

Forsberg apparently feels good enough now. The biggest hindrance to his return has been the condition of his ankles, both of which underwent surgery in July and one of which needed a second surgery in late September in Sweden.

The 28-year-old, six-time NHL all-star has been skating painfree in Sweden lately using new custom-fitted skates. He has bulked up from a fitness routine that has included twice-a-day workouts in the weight room.

But only after recovering from his second ankle surgeryhas Forsberg felt well enough to skate.

Martineau called Forsberg's second ankle surgery "minor" and said that it had nothing to do with his decision to take a leave of absence from the team on Sept. 15. But Forsberg's father, Kent, told ESPN.com, "He couldn't skate and now he can. It took a long time (to return to the ice) after the second surgery."

Forsberg shocked the Avs by announcing a sabbatical in Sweden, just four days into training camp. Forsberg, who started camp by saying he felt great after the surgeries and a splenectomy that kept him out of the final two rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs, unexpectedly said he had been lying to himself and he needed a break.

He told teammates not to expect him back this season. As soon as his body had recovered, he said, he would be back.

A few days later, Forsberg saw a Swedish doctor and the decision was made to have further surgery on an ankle. Recently, Forsberg had told confidants he was feeling much better, and was getting the itch to play again. He especially didn't want to miss playing in the Olympics in February for Sweden. His overtime shootout goal in 1994 helped give it a gold medal.

Forsberg should be welcomed back with open arms by his Avalanche teammates. Although some, such as goalie Patrick Roy, said he didn't agree with Forsberg's decision, nobody in the team's dressing room has doubted his sincerity or commitment to the game.

Taking their cue from Avs captain Joe Sakic, nobody on the team had called Forsberg to pester him for clues to a possible comeback since his announcement. He wouldn't want to be bugged with phone calls if he had made the same decision, Sakic said, so why should Forsberg?

If that was part of the Avs' gambit to get Forsberg back this season, it seems to have worked.

When Forsberg returns, he will make the prorated portion of his $11 million salary, which was the highest in the league before the season.

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,84%257E320851,00.html

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cheers Stefan
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Forsberg Comeback im Februar
(08.01.2002)

Stürmer Peter Forsberg hat der Teamleitung der Colorado Avalanche am Montag mitgeteilt, dass er sein Comeback noch vor den olympischen Spielen in Salt Lake City Anfang Februar plant.

Forsberg hatte im September verkündet, er wolle nach Operationen an beiden Knöcheln und die Entfernung seiner Milz eine Auszeit vom Spielbetrieb nehmen und hatte seine Rückkehr offen gelassen.

Der 28-jährige Schwede will aber unbedingt für seine Heimat an der Olympiade in Salt Lake City teilnehmen und fühlt sich gut genug, um wieder zu spielen. Forsberg hat die Pause genutzt, um vor allem Muskelpartien zu trainieren, die er zuvor stark vernachlässigt hat, für die Stabilität seines Körpers aber unheimlich wichtig sind.

http://www.eishockey.com/berichte/news/col020108.htm

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cheers Stefan
Spitzenreiter - volle Halle - keine Stimmung - KEV

... gut gehalten bisher AVS !!! NUN ist es zeit einmal richtig GAS zu geben! schenkt den opi´s die presidents trophy ... und schickt sie dann VOR dem conference final nach hause! ....

WELCOME BACK ... PETER DER GROSSE !!!!



chris


==> The COLORADO AVALANCHE Hockey Club <==
_______Stanley Cup Champions 1996 & 2001_________
_______ !!! Für ein TRADE-VERBOT in Denver !!!___
Frankfurt LIONS 2000 - 2002, \"AUGEN ZU UND DURCH ...\"

Nicht schonwieder Colorado! Wie wärs mit Philly

Minnesota schafft es ja leider nicht! Aber schlecht halten für ein 2nd Year Team tuen sie sich nicht!
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Minnesota Wild 43 GP - 16 W - 6 T - 18 L - 3 OTL- 41 P
Wes Walz 35 GP - 8 G - 8 A - 16 P - 21 PIM
Jeremy Roenick 41 GP - 11 G - 29 A - 40 P - 42 PIM

In Antwort auf:

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Nicht schonwieder Colorado! Wie wärs mit Philly

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Du kannst es aber auch nicht lassen
Wie kann man das Wort überhaupt noch in den Mund nehmen

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cheers Stefan
Spitzenreiter - volle Halle - keine Stimmung - KEV

Forsberg has additional surgery on foot

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Associated Press


DENVER -- Peter Forsberg had surgery on his left foot Thursday and will miss the Olympics and the rest of the NHL regular season, shocking Colorado Avalanche teammates and coaches who expected him to rejoin the team within days.


Avalanche general manager Pierre Lacroix said he was 'stunned' by the latest news on Forsberg.


Forsberg will be out for at least four months after the operation to stabilize tendons on the outside of his left ankle. Team doctors said the sheath around the tendons ruptured.


"I was stunned," Avalanche general manager Pierre Lacroix said during a news conference Thursday night. "It was a real shocker for everyone involved in the discussions morning. Peter's conditioning was good. He was really fired up and really excited about coming back."


Lacroix said he had expected Forsberg to be back in the lineup within 10 to 15 days.


"We were all blindsided by this totally," said Don Baizley, Forsberg's agent. "Peter was dumbfounded to find this out."


Forsberg, who took an unexpected leave of absence from the team on Sept. 15 because of mounting injuries, arrived in Denver this week from his home in Sweden.


During a physical examination Wednesday, he complained of discomfort in his left foot. Avalanche medical director Andrew Parker described it as a "popping sensation," which Forsberg had been experiencing for about a month.


Doctors ordered an MRI exam that revealed the problem with the tendons, and the one-hour surgery took place late Thursday afternoon.


Parker said Forsberg, 28, was expected to make a full recovery but said it would take time.


"We're not holding out any strong hopes that he's back for this year," he said. "Our real goal in this whole process is not to get Peter as good as we can for the playoffs this year but to do what we can to maintain his ability to play over the next several years."


Parker said team doctors had no hint of the tendon problem until Wednesday's exam. The six-time All-Star had surgery to correct a bursitis problem in both ankles in July and additional surgery for the same problem in his left ankle in Sweden in September.


"The bursal problem was getting much better," Parker said. "Although this is in the same area, it's really a new and unrelated problem."


Baizley said Forsberg was "very much of a mind that he's coming back this year," perhaps for the playoffs. "He wanted the surgery right away because he wanted the clock to tick," Baizley said.


The news came as the Avalanche prepared for an important game at division-leading Edmonton on Saturday.


The defending Stanley Cup champions were a point behind the Oilers in the Northwest Division, and teammates eagerly anticipated Forsberg's return.


"It's almost like Christmas, and you're going to get a great big Christmas gift," defenseman Todd Gill had said before Thursday's announcement.


Forsberg's father, Kent, said his son's goal all along had been to come back to the Avalanche and play in the Olympics. Peter Forsberg had told the Swedish newspaper Sportbladet he was ready to return.


"I feel like I'm ready to roll," he said. "Everything is fine, so there should be no problems to start playing. I had some problems with one ankle earlier, but it feels better now. If I get an OK (from doctors), I'll work out for a week and then I'm ready to play."


Forsberg is in the final year of a three-year contract that would have paid him $11 million this season.


He was not being paid during his sabbatical, and Lacroix and Baizley said they haven't discussed whether he would be paid now.


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Minnesota Wild 43 GP - 16 W - 6 T - 18 L - 3 OTL- 41 P
Wes Walz 35 GP - 8 G - 8 A - 16 P - 21 PIM
Jeremy Roenick 41 GP - 11 G - 29 A - 40 P - 42 PIM

... schnief ... nach neuesten MELDUNGEN aus denver war´s das wohl stefan, oder?

hab nur kurz drüber gelesen ... irgendwas mit foppa´s fuß ist kaputt ..... OPERATION! 4 MONATE pause ... :-(((

chris


==> The COLORADO AVALANCHE Hockey Club <==
_______Stanley Cup Champions 1996 & 2001_________
_______ !!! Für ein TRADE-VERBOT in Denver !!!___
Frankfurt LIONS 2000 - 2002, \"AUGEN ZU UND DURCH ...\"

Jo! Aber jetzt heißt es: JETZT ERST RECHT

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cheers Stefan
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