vancouversun.com - 17 days ago
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - The style might not appeal to Peter Forsberg, but the substance of the Vancouver Canucks surely must. For the second time in three years, the National Hockey League team is pursuing the Swedish star who is trying to prevent his career ending prematurely due to chronic ankle and ...
theglobeandmail.com - 17 days ago
slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com - 14 days ago
sports.espn.go.com - 12 days ago
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TORONTO -- As the opening day of the
NHL general managers meetings wrapped up Tuesday, it was
interesting to see a few GMs take the time to stop and c...
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Wrapping up Day 1 of the GM meetings
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Around the Boards: Forsberg, Jagr, Ovechkin and Booth
My NHL Trade Rumors.com —
Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun : Add the Vancouver Canucks to the list of potential teams interested in Peter Forsberg. “First of all, he needs to find out if he can still play,” Gillis said. “If he can, we’re definitely interested. I’ve known his agent, Don Baizley, for a long time and I think we’d be on his short list if Peter decides he wants to play.” The Canucks have sent 2 scouts watch him play in a tournament this weekend. ...
Vancouver once again courting Peter Forsberg
Faceoff Factor —
... The Vancouver Sun is reporting that the Vancouver Canucks are pursuing often injured Swedish superstar Peter “Foppa” Forsberg. The Canucks have had a rash of injuries to their forwards, including a shoulder injury to Pavol Demitra, a shoulder injury to Alex Bolduc, an ankle injury to Michael Grabner, Steve Bernier fighting the flu, Jannik Hansen breaking a hand. The worst injury would be the foot injury suffered by Daniel Sedin. Canuck general manager Mike Gillis stated, “First of all, he needs to find out if he can still play. If he can, we’re definitely interested. I’ve ...
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torontosun.com 12 days ago — Peter Forsberg and Chris Chelios are not even in Canada right now, yet they somehow had tongues wagging at the NHL's general manager's meetings in Toronto yesterday.
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bigleaguescrew.com 17 days ago —
One of the best centers in the past 20 years is available. Peter Forsberg has been skating with his hometown team of Modo. He’s currently playing in the Karjala Cup — potentially auditioning for a move to Russia or the NHL.
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slam.canoe.ca 12 days ago — Peter Forsberg and Chris Chelios are not even in Canada right now, yet they somehow had tongues wagging at the NHL's general manager's meetings in Toronto yesterday. Are both these greybeards heading for a possible return to the league? In the case ...
LL Cool J to Foppa: ‘We Should Call This a Comeback’
puckupdate.com 13 days ago — How shocking! Adrian Dater is hearing Peter Forsberg is a bit undecided about his NHL comeback . Although, this is actually a comeback from a comeback.
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Unlikely Scorers Lift Canucks Over Wild —
NYT > Hockey 17 days ago
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Tough guy Darcy Hordichuk and newly signed Matt Pettinger each scored their first goals of the season, forming an unlikely pair to lead the short-handed Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday ...
Canucks wallop Wild at XCel —
SI.com - NHL 17 days ago
ST. PAUL, Minn.(AP) Tough guy Darcy Hordichuk and newly signed Matt Pettinger each scored their first goals of the season, forming an unlikely pair to lead the short-handed Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.
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Raycroft-Razor Re-Sharpened —
Bleacher Report - NHL 17 days ago
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