I Hate Peter Forsberg

I know, I know...this is the third consecutive post about the NHL on The Wheelhouse. Bare with us here...unlike the rest of the country, we enjoy hockey at The Wheelhouse.

There used to be a time like eight years ago that I was a fan of the Colorado Avalanche. Of course my main team was always the Penguins, but I enjoyed watching the Aves play with Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy and Peter Forsberg. They were loaded and exciting to watch. When the USA flamed out in the Winter Olympics...I always found myself pulling for Forsberg, Mats Sundin and Sweden (don't ask why...it goes back to the Nintendo game "Ice Hockey").

Well now I'm really tired of him. After sitting out the entire season as a free agent due to an "injury," Forsberg signed this week with Colorado...with about one month left in the season. How many times has he done this? Who does he think he is? I'm tired of hearing about his injury and that's the reason why he hasn't played an entire regular season in forever. It's garbage...the guy wants to skip the trials of the season and show up on a playoff team to attempt to get another Cup. All he does is take the year off, hang out in Sweden and play hockey with his buddies. Last year Nashville acquired the forward for their playoff push, and it didn't work out too well for the Predators as they were bounced from the postseason in the first round.

And now the Aves have picked him up for a playoff run. Couple of problems with that. First, Forsberg's apparently not ready to play yet. The PR machine says it's his "nagging foot injury." I say it's because he hasn't played competitive hockey in over a year and is out of shape, but whatever Colorado, pay him millions to sit the bench. The second problem with this signing is the Aves are currently two points out of the playoff race. So they go out and acquire a guy who only wants to play for a playoff team and there's no timetable for his return? Nice pickup Colorado.

Then again they also traded for defenseman Adam Foote bringing him back to the team that he won two Cups with as well. Oh I see what the Aves are trying to do bringing back players from their past. Where's Patrick Roy?