Don't believe the rumors: Flyers not interested in Forsberg

by Travis Hughes on Nov 6, 2009 1:49 PM EST in News Comment 11 comments

Irresponsible journalism strikes again.

Despite numerous reports to the contrary, the Flyers are NOT interested in Swedish forward Peter Forsberg. Such rumors have shown up on Yahoo! Sports, XM Radio's NHL Home Ice, Eklund at Hockeybuzz, NHL Network's NHL Live program, and The Fourth Period.

These reports all say that Flyers scout Ilkka Sinisalo is in Finland for the Karjala Cup scouting Forsberg. The Daily News has reported on several occasions, however, that Sinisalo was planning on attending the tournament, which features national teams from Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, and Russia, prior to Forsberg ever making it known he'd be taking part.

Here's an excerpt from the Daily News article...

As first reported in the Daily News in September, the Flyers have zero interest in Forsberg. That much has not changed, two different NHL sources confirmed on Tuesday. Reports surfaced this week that the Flyers sent European scout Ilkka Sinisalo to Helsinki to watch Forsberg. Instead, Sinisalo had planned to attend the tournament before Forsberg committed.

And as the Inquirer's Sam Carchidi reported on his blog on Tuesday, general manager Paul Holmgren himself said that "to say [Sinisalo] is scouting Peter is a stretch." So no matter how many media outlets ignore the facts and try to make a story out of nothing, do not believe that the Flyers want him back. It's simply not true. Let him go to the Rangers -- Forsberg will not be a Flyer again.

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With Gaborik and Forsberg the Rangers might break the record for most money spent on the LTIR if Briere and Gagne don’t get it for us 1st.

by chrislanci on Nov 6, 2009 2:03 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

HAHA . . .

Urgh, I honestly can’t take those dumb rumors about Forsberg. Glad to hear the Flyers are not interested in him. Why doesn’t he just retire already?!?!?

by flyrsfrk05 on Nov 6, 2009 2:34 PM EST up reply actions

in the 9 games he played for Colorado in 07-08 he did put up 14 pts if you bring him in now he should be out of the lineup by time Gagne gets back for sure, but I agree I don’t think we need to bring him back but for the league minimum I wouldn’t get all up in arms if they did, file that under another low risk high reward move that in the end most likely would yield little reward

by chrislanci on Nov 6, 2009 4:23 PM EST up reply actions

Are you saying Eklund is wrong??? That’s unthinkable.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Nov 6, 2009 2:34 PM EST reply actions

Eklund is NEVER wrong. He is just in an eternal struggle to get closer to the truth. And don’t you forget it.

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by FrankD on Nov 6, 2009 4:33 PM EST up reply actions

Frankly I don’t think anyone should be interested in Forsberg. The NY Post claims the Rangers are seriously interested and it’s been “confirmed” by a few other vague sources. I don’t care either way to be honest.

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by FrankD on Nov 6, 2009 4:32 PM EST reply actions

All you had to say was "Eklund."

I am hearing that Montreal is “considering a serious offer for the Kostitsyn brothers.” I am also hearing that the Carolina Hurricanes may be the leading candidate with Whitney possibly going the other way.

I believe there is a psychiatric term for this: Schizophrenia, Paranoid Type.

The talented young Kostitsyns for Old Man Whitney? Really? Let’s put this into perspective. Ray Whitney centered Pat Falloon in juniors. He is pretty “up there” in years.

I am hearing that Eklund likes to make stuff up so that people will read his column. I am also hearing that the Philadelphia Flyers are not interested in Eklund’s fetishizing them.

Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?

by mikefive on Nov 6, 2009 4:49 PM EST reply actions

I am hearing that Eklund likes to make stuff up so that people will read his column.

Definitely nothing new. The guy even had some sort of issue a few years back with ripping off a writer word-for-word, or something of that nature. Think it was with the Kings and some sort of nonsensical rumor.

He also just skims headlines and draws his own conclusions. Claims he also has sources and connections. It’s kinda common place for team sources to seek anonymity with regards to rumors and such, but when you make your entire base of existence surrounded around that same anonymity it loses all credibility in my mind.

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by FrankD on Nov 6, 2009 5:06 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah...

… I was trying to poke at his writing style a little bit, too.

Never had any time for Eklund, except when I needed a laugh.

And why did he have to name himself after Pelle Eklund? Why not Link Gaetz? Gaetz played about as well as Eklund writes.

Oh no I did-in’t!!!!

Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?

by mikefive on Nov 6, 2009 11:03 PM EST up reply actions

Nah – should have called himself Chambers.

"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"

by The Dark on Nov 9, 2009 4:44 PM EST up reply actions

All I have to say is thank god he’s not coming back… I don’t think I could take it. I can handle people like Gags and Briere getting hurt because I always get the feeling that they’re trying to get better and they’re doing what they can to rehab… but with Forsberg I just got the feeling that he was whining and making excuses. Of course I don’t have proof of that, but that was my gut instinct at the time.

by DragonGirl0583 on Nov 6, 2009 6:40 PM EST reply actions

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