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Colorado Avalanche Legend Peter Forsberg Hall Of Fame Speech (Video)

By Cory Buck

Nov 14, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Hockey Hall of Fame inductees (left to right) Peter Forsberg and Mike Modano and Bill McCreary and Line Burns (wife of Pat Burns) and Dominik Hasek and Rob Blake prior to a game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 14, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Hockey Hall of Fame inductees (left to right) Peter Forsberg and Mike Modano and Bill McCreary and Line Burns (wife of Pat Burns) and Dominik Hasek and Rob Blake prior to a game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports /
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Former Colorado Avalanche forward Peter Forsberg was inducted into the Hockey Fall of Fame in Toronto.

Peter Forsberg was one of the great polarizing figures of his era. When he played, he was one of the best in the game. But he didn’t always play, which didn’t make him a Hall of Fame lock in the mind of some.

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No matter now though. With 885 points in 708 regular season games and 171 points in 151 playoff games, a Hart trophy in 2003, and two Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche, Forsberg is in the Hall of Fame and deservedly so. You can see his induction speech below.

He begins light, with a crack about idolizing fellow Swede Mats Sundin…until he crushed the guy.

That was Forsberg’s MO in a nutshell. When he wasn’t racking up points — he had the 8th most career points/game in NHL history — he was punishing forwards with his direct, bruising style which is at least partly attributable for the injuries that plagued Forsberg throughout his career.

As dominant as Forsberg was, he played just one full 82-game season and no more than 60 after the 2003 season, which saw the Avalanche win their second Stanley Cup in franchise history.

He would play scattered time for the Philadelphia Flyers, then the Nashville Predators before returning to Colorado and retiring as a player for the team he helped win two Stanley Cups.

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