Flyers news conference announcing the Peter Forsberg trade

[xAxiom720x]

he didnt do anything with them? he put up 75 points in 60 games and 8 points in 6 playoff games...

[kidkong584]

we need to fire paul hlmgren, hes an idiot

[Colin2k41]

@kidkong584 the funny thing is, after this trade he rebuilt and got them right back into the playoffs

[hockeyjedi99]

the flyers definatly got the better deal tradeing him, foresberg didnt do anything with the flyers, they only got the the first round of the playoffs the whole time he was in philly.

[sloppiejoe87]

THEN: i thought WTF!?!?!? NOW: great trade we trade that 1st round pick back to nashville for hartnell and timonen

[hockeyminimigget]

Upshalls a beast

[redsoxnation4794]

this was a good trade because parent and upshall are doin well

[bodenga]

ever since the flyers were swept by the wings in the '97 finals the trades and free agent signing have been so eratic and irrational. and this past year they spent 130 million plus in contracts to get out of last place

[GRUSBENKE]

Avs running for the cup

[FrederickofAmerica]

he'll be a FLYERS!

[SpeedyGonza18]

No, he'll be a colorado player.. again!

[RhinoAbyss316]

Amen to that!

[mjonas10]

If he´s going to continue playing hockey at all he´s going to play with Modo. Modo is the team with the biggest chance of all teams in the world to have Forsberg

[s0jasos]

No its not, in europe, not in the world.

[mjonas10]

Which team has a bigger chance than Modo then?

Not Colorado,Philadelphia or Nashville.

Modo has a 50% chance and the rest of the world has a 50% chance.

[s0jasos]

Peter Forsberg has himself said that any team in NHL is interesting, but if noone where interested he would restort to europe where only one team would be intresting for him, which was Modo. And it doesnt matter, Peter is probably gonna retire anyways.

[Crawford1987]

If we could pick up forsberg, that would be great...we could easily put him on the second line with Joffrey Lupul and Scottie Upshall. Whatever line he plays with, he'll have an immediate impact. As of now, its gonna come down to the Senators and the Flyers. Peter wants to win another cup so the flyers are gonna need to be in first place in the Eastern Conference if he's to come back to them.

[jonasmjonas]

how about this:he plays in Modo next season?

[rhiooplyr86]

we are talking to him in a possible return this year to philly

[NativeSyndicate02]

what abou colorado you neer know lol

[skaalex]

i think it says something about peter to stay and speak about the trade rather than just split once the deal was done. i think he's a good guy that means well and i wish him the best.

[cheetah2leopard]

Good move. Now if only Peter can come back to Philly.

[phille22]

True. Too bad. I would have liked to see him move from one of my favorite teams to my number one favorite team.. and to see him next to Selänne.

[f0nzyb0y]

ducks would be unstopable if that happened

[phille22]

Yep

[JCMoney]

I think you Ducks fans are happy now that they didn't pick him up, as he proceded to do nothing at all with Nashville.

[phille22]

He did more than Nashville.

[JCMoney]

Personally, I think it is a great trade for the Flyers, you guys got Upshall who had 6 goals and 13 points in his time with the Flyers compared to Forsberg who had 2 goals and 15 points with the Preds. Ryan Parent is going to be a pretty good player in the NHL in a few years, and the mid level draft picks could get you a good complenmentary player like Brandon Sutter, or you could package them up. Plus, I don't think Forsbergs going to stay with the Preds.

[phille22]

But.. Mighty Ducks..?