Peter Forsberg Rumors & News

The Avalanche announced today that Adam Foote's #52 will be retired sometime next year (date to be announced...assume the home opener). He'll become the 5th Avalanche to have his jersey retired, joining Ray Bourque, Patrick Roy, Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg in the rafters. Foote is the only player to have worn #52 for the Avs and the Nordiques. He will be the first NHL player to have a jersey number in the 50s retired (and, I believe, the first former Blue Jacket). Congratulations, Adam. That is a hard-earned honor for sure.

There was a time when playing the Nashville Predators meant squaring off against a healthy Paul Kariya, a pre-defection Alexander Radulov, in-their-primes Jason Arnott and Steve Sullivan and, for a brief span that included a playoff series against the Sharks, Peter Forsberg. That time isn't now and what was once an opponent that provided for exciting, offense-driven hockey has progressed (or is that regressed?) in the other direction to the point where games against the Predators are usually effective Ambien substitutes. Prior to a tense but short-lived overtime, that was the case agai...