By: Stacey Gerhart
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are under way in
As an avid Colorado Avalanche fan I’ve made sure to tune into games that feature teams with Avs players on their roster –
Peter Forsberg is once again competing with Team
Although Forsberg no longer plays for the Colorado Avalanche, I am forever a fan.
Forsberg began his NHL career in January of 1995 with the Quebec Nordiques. A few short months later the team was sold and relocated to
As I was watching
Which leads me to the question – how can Forsberg play on a team that includes some of his most bitter rivals from his time in the NHL? You start to wonder – what is their relationship like off of the ice? Do they speak to one another in the locker room? Or maybe country comes before an affiliation to an NHL team and therefore, there are no hard feelings, grudges, or rivalries between teammates. Perhaps Peter Forsberg and Nicklas Lidstrom even go out to grab a beer together to celebrate a win.
What I wouldn’t give to be a fly on the wall in the locker room or on the bench to get a first-hand view of what the relationships are like between once bitter rivals thrown together in the same uniforms for a few short weeks. And it’s not just the Red Wings and Avalanche I’m curious about. What is it like for Mike Richards (Captain of the Philadelphia Flyers) to play alongside NHL division rival Sidney Crosby (Captain of the Pittsburg Penguins) for Team
So how does an NHL hockey player shut-down any affiliations and emotions he may have with his NHL team and develop a new camaraderie with his Olympic teammates – and then shift gears again when he returns to the NHL in less than one month to start a playoff push?
I obviously don’t have an answer but I find it intriguing to consider.
Imagine what it would be like if Forsberg was still on the Avalanche roster and Team Sweden made it to the Gold Medal match and then the very next day Foppa had to turn around and rekindle the rivalry against Lidstrom, Kronwall, Franzen, and Zetterberg in the Avs first NHL game following the Olympic break on March 1st.
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