Sad as it may be, Floppa is done.
Stick a fork in it.

It happened to Bobby Orr.

Posted by w2j2 on 07/13/08 at 07:18 PM ET

Probably all that diving didn’t help either…

That last sentence could have read, “...he can walk and even run without a problem but has trouble diving with his skates on”.

Posted by Vladifan from Central Texas on 07/13/08 at 07:47 PM ET

Too bad. Looks like Lidas or Z will have to take over that postage stamp.

Posted by Osrt on 07/13/08 at 07:51 PM ET

Come on, Peter.  Just do the league a favor and hang up the skates for good.  Savor the millions you made over the years and just have a good time in retirement.

Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 07/13/08 at 08:41 PM ET

If I am to put aside my personal feelings about Forsberg as, well, Forsberg…

Seriously, there has to be a time when teams just say, “You know what, because this guy can’t keep his foot in a skate, he’s always injured.  If it isn’t his ankle, it’s one of his knees, his groin, lower back, something...He can’t be counted upon to play in more than 2/3rds of our team’s games, and he’s not going to be playing at 100% in at least half of the games that he does play in.  Screw it.”

He’s just not healthy anymore.  Some part of his body’s always compensating for his foot issues, so he’s constantly hurting himself thanks to that overcompensation, and as such, great hands and vision included, he’s a high-priced liability who’ll put up a point a game for a dozen or so games, and then be out of your lineup for a month.  I don’t understand why a team would put the tremendous investment in constantly attending to Forsberg’s medical needs, flying him back and forth to various specialists, and giving the coaching staff and equipment managers so many headaches. 

He needs to realize that, unless he really, truly can recover to the point that he can contribute on a game-by-game basis while playing in the majority of the games on his team’s schedule, he’s had a good career, but it’s time to say goodbye.

Posted by George Malik from South Lyon, MI on 07/13/08 at 10:17 PM ET

George, if you forgot how to conjugate a verb tomorrow but the New York Post offered you a guaranteed 100k 1 year contract, money up front, the day after that… would you say no?

Me neither.

If some idiot team desperate for a bump near the deadline offers Forsberg money, why not take it?

Posted by HockeyinHD on 07/13/08 at 10:21 PM ET

That’s the problem, HockeyinHD—the NHL’s GM’s provide a never-ending supply of desperate idiots with money to burn, so there’s always a market for Peter Forsberg’s short-term services. 

I certainly understand his desire to keep playing, but ninety-nine of a hundred other guys have to retire when they encounter major medical problems like this, and even as a fan of a team that was in the running for his services, the entire time the Wings were bidding, I was thinking, “Gordie Howe, please, no!” because Dominik Hasek’s injury problems were easy to deal with in comparison.

Posted by George Malik from South Lyon, MI on 07/14/08 at 03:23 AM ET

Always unfortunate when a player’s injuries interfere with his ability to play and retire on his terms, but to paraphrase the article, if you’re an Avs fans hoping for Forsberg to come back and dive again, it’s way past the time to start looking forward into the 21st century and not trying to recreate what glory there used to be on the back of an injured man who hasn’t been able to play a full season in years.

Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 07/14/08 at 11:33 AM ET

The fact that he can walk and run without a problem is a plus - I wish he’d stop while he can still enjoy his post-hockey life and spare everyone the endless (media-generated) drama.

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/14/08 at 11:46 AM ET