Peter Forsberg Comes Home...To Philadelphia
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- A salary cap casualty of the Colorado Avalanche, one of the games greatest players finds himself without a team--and looks to his past to find a new home.
Full breakdown of Peter Forsberg's journey to Philadelphia where he would line up with Simon Gagne and Mike Knuble, to form (for a brief time) one of the best lines in the NHL.
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The worlds most complete player of all time
Datsyuk
@@bozidarborojevic4131 slava ukraini
@@planetcaravan2925 ma jebote ukrajina
Mats Sundin
Lemieux !!
The best European player in the NHL of all time.
He’s in my top 5 with Jagr Lidstrom mikita and stastny
Lidstrom is the obvious choice…and Ovechkin would have a beef.
@@achildr1hahaha true! Top 5 harder than I thought- Ovie 100% in there
Fedorov was better imo
@@warmpie1316yeah fedorov is interesting. At his peak I could argue he’s top 10 all time. Just had a bit of a decline- I cover some of it in another video when he goes to Anaheim and plays with Sykora/prospal
He was one of the most entertaining players to watch, and from a pure talent standpoint, in my top 5 ever. It was a privilege to watch him play for my flyers, even if it was only a season and a half.
@@jmarx3943 100%. From pure talent it’s hard to put many over Foppa. Him and gagne was awesome to watch
I agree, and he is one of very few players with huge talent, and the ability to go "black eyes" when truly into the game. If you were on his team, the black eyes were the best thing ever, if you were on the opposing team, its "shit, now its gonna hurt". Sadly that kind of physical play takes a big hit on the body, which ruined his career. Many people say he would have been the best ever if he would have stayed healthy, its true, but with his offensive hit playstyle, staying healthy is a 0% chance. As a swede growing up during that era, Forsberg is by far the best player Sweden ever created. Salming was great, he made it possible for non north american players to join the league, but thats mostly because he could handle the beating. Lidstrom is top 3 defensemen of all time, but he wasnt the complete player forsberg was. As in most sports, its A LOT harder to be recognized as an offensive player than a defensive player, and when it comes to forsberg you had both, and a true menace on the ice as well.
@@berrab68 yeah I’ve always admired the great players who can dominate physically too (funny enough just like prime Lindros) - I think I still have Lidstrom 1 for Sweden just for how long he was great for. Foppa an all timer though, would’ve had amazing numbers if healthy
2 cups, 2 Olympic golds and 2 golds at worlds (Only other players with a double "Triple gold club" are Larionov and Fetisov). Absolute legend and one of the most complete players of all time.
What a generation Sweden had with Forsberg Sundin Lidström Näslund Alfredsson and a few others, at that time....amazing hockey players
Golden era for sure!
Can't forget Lindberg
@@daveyboy_ Pelle? I see in a Philadelphia context:)
@in3audio932 sure but this original comment was a Swedish context
Turin 2006 Olympics says it all
fantastic video ... great commentary and very insightful
@@larsorloff3393 Much appreciated, many more to come. thank you!
Love your Instagram page, happy to find you on RUclips!
Also love how you've been using period correct TVs in your videos 😂
Thanks! Hahaha- yeah I forget sometimes I have to Google the period
Underrated career in philly. Only 1 foot and over a ppg
@@phillytheflyerable agreed, shame docs couldn’t figure out his foot issues. Legendary career cut short
Yeah ive seen interviews with Peter about his foot, he says it got worse in the early 00s then degraded over time and peaked around 2004, he was playing with a few sizes smaller skate on his bad foot because it was deteriorating...man is so stubborn he didnt care ligament was broken in his foot but he had to pay the price, what if he got it fixed early on like during the lockout and might have given us a few more years on that level.
@ I could be wrong but I thought at the time there wasn’t many options surgery wise for the degenerative condition so manipulating the skates was the best alternative- can’t remember. But really a shame, he had another 6 elite years in him
A gamechanger
18 assists on Gagne's 21 goals? Crazy.
At his height Forsberg was the best ever.
Edit: I also remember how disappointed Forsberg was at himself at the Flyers, not being able to add the value to the team as he had a lot of injuries. Then he he watched the tribute and said: It was pretty good. :)
@@danielkarlsson258 yes I saw some articles on him looking back more fondly at his time there. Class act and wonderful talent.
World cup & Olympic gold in the same year, now thats beyond goated. 2006.
I remember when the Lindros trade happened. There was a hockey pundit who said that Forsberg may well be the best player in that trade. Time has proven him correct. Lindros was good but I'd take Forsberg over him, any day.
Lindros was a very special prospect, but no way all of that extra stuff was needed with how great forsberg turned out to be.
Who said that?
@@misguidedangel6550 Stop Eric….
Proud to be Swedish
I loved big e but that was the worst trade the Flyers had ever made..until the bryzgalov contract. They still have 2 more years of his contract to pay off. He only played 2 seasons before they had to buy him out. The worst part was letting Bob go to keep him. Disgrace. But who knows where the Flyers could've been had they not made the infamous trade for big e and kept the gems they had. I'm glad briere is gm. I've been fortunate enough to meet him a few times and he's a great guy that KNOWS hockey and is young enough to clearly remember his own journey and he reflects it in his work ethic and how he treats his players. Torts on the other hand......
@@oddity4all2see yeah, the hype behind lindros was just so big - and at a time that size was at such a premium.
I was never "into" Hockey, but I love the flyers. It's the only sport where my home team is truly my favorite (although oddly enough, the Devil's were right there with Scott Stevens).
I was rooting for Vegas for a bit from afar (just because of being an expansion team that everyone hated), but the Flyers will always be my team.
Im a red-wings fan very much alive thru the rivalry but there is a reason i wear number 21
@tylerdurden4608 great name first off. And yes. Fedorov was and is that guy
The fact that Foppa was a 2c on the avalanche blows my mind daily
@@ostarakonrad9907 very crazy. Like the sid geno, fedorov Yzerman, messier Gretz etc . Insane advantage
@@NHLineCombonot quite the same but Calgary with Nieuwendyk/Gilmour was pretty great too
On paper maybe, but he was every bit as good as Sakic, if not better.
hooking at 7:30 is insane
@@p0larnTV gotta love the mid 90s 😂
Quebec won the Lindros trade with Forsberg alone
@@daveyboy_ I’m a huge lindros fan, but hard to deny
Gotta disagree, lindros was in his prime before the Steven hit a better all around player. Forsberg had better hands , but go watch highlights of lindros in his prime, he was the best player in the league for several years. Now, what we gave up to get him was way way to much. That I agree with. But If lindros stayed healthy and with the teams they had back in the 90s they win multiple cups if they ever freakin got a goalie! Avs had a great goalie and the flyers couldn't get past martie...nuff said.
@@Betteroffdead1 yeah could definitely argue roles reversed Lindros has two cups as 2C behind Sakic. Also on flip side whats forsbergs numbers when he is the undisputed #1 in Philly and playing a ton. Fun what ifs. Both special talents that unfortunately injuries derailed
Would have loved to see him with leclair and amonte tho
Prime amonte with a forsberg would’ve been awesome! Altho zhamnov was no slouch , with Foppa amonte would’ve been a HOFer
Even if Peter's 2nd stint didn't work out as much as hoped, it's borderline triggering as a Flyers fan just how much this franchise has fallen since.
Hands down
I'm still pissed that Winnipeg took Aaron Ward with the fifth pick leaving Forsberg to go sixth.
@@dannycarlow8204 yeah that’s a rough one. Isles and sharks didn’t fair too much better either
Lol, with that kind of mismanagement, that explains why they moved to the desert. ;)
Peter Forsberg Comes Home...To Philadelphia - Find the title somewhat funny. Philadelphia Flyers drafted Peter Forsberg 6th overall in 1991 but traded him away to the Quebec Nordiques before he had ever skated in the Flyers jersey (In hockey history's biggest trade with him) +
- Steve Duchesne
- Ron Hextall
- Kerry Huffman
- Mike Ricci
- Chris Simon
- Flyer's 1st round pick in 1993 = Elit goalie Jocelyn Thibault 10th overall.
- Flyer's 1st round pick in 1994 = traded away and became Nolan Baumgartner.
- $15 million cash
For the grand prize Eric Lindros (!). With facit in hand - only Forsberg + 1st pick 1993 alone was worth the trade for Nordiques!
And when Forsberg was signed to the Flyers in 2005. they only kept him around 1,5 season before they traded him away.
@@WarioSaysSo yeah all
Covered in the video, just figured some of our younger fans never realized ‘home’ for Foppa was technically Philly
sad that injuries probably cut his career by half
@@simont1709 yeah, wild one year he missed the entire season just to come back in the playoffs and lead the league in postseason scoring…without making the finals 🤯
Avs got 2 cups.....flyers now on year 50 of no cup. Damn it all to hell
3 cups*
@@PrettyRickyDanko I meant 2 with forsberg
@@billblake9665which shud have been obvious lol
As a lifelong Flyers fan, I enjoy the fact that we get to watch so many highlight videos without having to watch our stars lug around that stupid Stanley Cup. How boring.
@@brokl26 lol, don’t worry I’ll breakdown some LCB line clips on the future
Nobody thinks of Pete in Philly lol. That’s like recalling Gretzky’s career in NY before EDM and LA lol.
@@axe2grind244 hahaha, oh I got a great post ready for Gretzky in NY.
But I love the forgotten times in players careers tbh- I’m sure you can find endless stuff on the Edm boys.
Dont Forget the Blues!
Funny, I Hated the Flyers. Peter was my favorite player. I was so pissed when the league wouldn’t allow Sakic to cut his pay to keep Pete. I decided to go with the team Pete went to… it was the Flyers and I couldn’t get into them cause my dislike
@@chrisphillips348 yeah, tbh the PA probably doesn’t want the headache/pressure of teams asking players to take less with a signed deal. Hard precedent. If I remember the only move was mayyybe to buyout Blake as well- but with Foote and Bourque gone probably not a realistic option.
Yes they are dollar millionaire but never give back to Mother Club MoDo!
Very small village who have AHL player's from AHL!
MoDo lay lowest in Swedish SHL today!
Talk about betrayal!