Hero of "The Clutch & Grab Era" - Peter Forsberg top 20 plays
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- The time between the lockouts 1994 - 2004 was named the clutch and grab era, the era of "the trap". It´s dominator was Peter Forsberg, "The force", "Foppa", Peter the Great.
Ive been watching the game for most of my 33 years and Peter Forsberg is the most talented hockey player I've ever seen in my life.
I agree, second is probably Jagr or Crosby. All three used lower body strength to rub checks off and attack the net. Beautiful.
@@dylanr8481 great picks. Prime Joe Thornton was another one that was damn near impossible to overpower when it came to controlling the puck
Jeremy Roenick says he’s the GOAT.
When he was healthy, he was the best player in the world.
everyone knows that, its just that very few can admit it
They would have if he was canadian
True
Fedorov > Forsberg
Jagr in that era was more dominant
Joe Sakic won the hart trophy and said the best player in the Avs locker room by far is Peter Forsberg. He is criminally underrated.
Joe Sakic is a super epic Hockey player...... But he was right ...P - Forsberg the king
Ehr.. underrated? Hockey hall of famer?
@@azynkron Yes
No he's not.
Despite all the fame Peter Forsberg had he indeed is criminally underrated, especially nowadays.
From a Wings fan born and raised in Detroit, proud to say that the only jersey in my closet without a winged wheel on it, has "Forsberg" across the back. one hell of a player.
Old Colorado Detroit games were a lots fun. The old saying I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out applied there
I know Gretzky has the best stats of all time , but Peter Forsberg is the best overall player I have ever seen.
Fuck yeah!
@liukangstoupee Lidstrom is the greatest two-way defenseman ever, but I wouldn't say that there is one GOAT amongst Swedish players. My list of the greatest Swedes in no particular order is this:
Peter Forsberg
Nicklas Lidstrom
Mats Sundin
Daniel and Henrik Sedin
S Choudhry putting Forsberg over Lidstrom is ridiculous. Give your head a shake man goddamn
Gretzky needed someone to protect him. Forsberg protected himself!
And made others need to protect themselves!
Not only did Gretzky need someone to protect him, players of the opposite team left him alone too because he was the "Great"
I got to see a bunch of his games here in Denver from the mid '90s on and feel VERY fortunate that I did. Just an unbelievable talent. Shooting, puck handling, offense, defense, strong as hell... he did it all, the total package. I worked in a huge sports bar and met LOTS of athletes over the years, as well as some tv celebrities and musicians. Meeting and having a beer with him was the only time I've ever been starstruck!!
Speed, strength, hands, vision, anticipation, balance, finish, compete.
Forsberg possessed it all, an amazing player on every level. There is nothing on earth like hockey
Well said man!🏒
He also played great defense!!!
As a sharks fan I hated peter forsberg, I watched him destroy us too many times growing up. But now I look back and I respect what he did. He was such a phenomenal player definitely one of the best.
The best ever of all
Ha...I was at a game against the Sharks
right before they traded for Patrick Roy ..
the Avs won 13-1 ..
You got to know where we came from to understand where we're at. If you're not old enough to have seen this guy play in the NHL you will never really quite understand his greatness and why he won two cups, two WC and two olympic gold medals and is considered one of the best at the game in history even though he had a fairly short NHL career(700 games) due to all the injurys he got being the best player in the world during this specific era and the abuse he took. Simply a god.
Truth so true..I played through this era and earlier and people have no idea how hard it was to play. The abuse and strength needed to be good and he had it all and fought through it all. The best overall Ive seen in this era..They need to allow a little more in todays era.To many soft calls now..Cant even touch a dude and bam in the box.sorry this era was some of the most exciting hockey youll ever see wings avs man
Great player. But, he also played on a very talented team, which really opens up the ice
Forsberg was an incredible player. My favorite of all time.
Most complete skillset to ever play the game of hockey.
nope :D
Definitely
Alberta Boy Aw, are you gonna cry like this on every thread? Poor baby... your tears are wonderful.
Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe, steve Yzerman own that title. Forshit doesn't come close.
HAH, you don't know shit
This guy would absolutely dominate in todays game
Forsberg was one of the most talented players to ever play the game
One of the greatest to ever play the game. Forsberg, Jagr, Gretzsky, Lemiux - Players that could carry their teams on a bad Day.
Best player EVER! Thank you so much for all the great memories, Peter!
Foppa is the reason i am a hockey fan and a Avs fan. I love that man.
Absolute monster of a player. As devastating as he was graceful. Sheesh.
As a Finn we love to hate Swedish players, at the same time we have the most respect for them and the combination of those two things make each clash in the hockey rink an event, some more memorable than others, still it is always a special moment. Peter Forsberg gave us Finnish hockey fans some bitter lessons, so we were afraid of him, hated him, loved him and marveled at him. Sundin loved to taunt, that was his style, Forsberg was gracious off the ice; after going through this crazy fucking hooking and cross-checking etc, and never complained about his injuries. My kudos to Foppa.
AlsatianCousin hahaha you know our lingo
Respect, as a Swedish we don't like the Finns but teemu was a rocket and a very good ambassador for the game
Finland and Sweden has been the same nation for hundreds of years. There's no competition, you're awesome and we love u. Foppa is just too gooð though.
I enjoyed his move letting the other player get close to him for a check then surprise the other with a check on him
If he wanted to, Peter Forsberg could go in a revolving door behind you and come out ahead of you!
Only gypsies can do that
@@TheDieselbutterfly then he's a gypsy
Peter Forsberg could slam a revolving door shut
He also built the hospital he was born in
When Graham’s Alexander Bell invented the telephone and plugged it in for the first time, he had 2 missed calls from Peter Forsberg
Big respect from Finland!
Finns got the sisu Sweden got P.Forsberg...well we had :)
the reason I fell in love with hockey, my favorite player of all time, Peter Forsberg.
+Ashlay MacIssac IDIOT!!!!
+Ashlay MacIssac that kind of logic most probably only applies to you
***** haha oh poor Brendan Shanahan, he was quite the choir boy right?
He is the reason why I started watching/playing hockey! He was the best!
my opinion, greatest player to ever play .
I'd love to see a highlight video of every time Forsberg laid a devastating hit on somebody, while he was in control of the puck. Nobody did that better.
Steve Rodgers cam neely? Kinda invented doing that?
@@craigborth8047 Still nobody did it better than Foppa
Albin Nilsson i respect You’re opinion very much but I think cam neely was better at it. But i will say in my opinion they are the top two
@@craigborth8047 definitely
Best all around game in NHL history in my opinion. Scoring, Passing, Checking, Fighting, Defense. Ppl forget he was prob the best passer in the league. He was the lebron james of hockey when healthy.
The team Sweden shootout goal for gold went on to be immortalized on the nation of Sweden's postage stamp.
Should have been Top 21 Plays ;)
Hockey wil never be the same without him in Col Avalanche
Peter Forsberg was one of the greatest of all time.
+matt knowles Still alive and going strong. don´t forget.
Agree.
For sure
Yet his stats aren’t even close to greatest of all time
@@MetalDetroit Check the era where Forsberg played in then come back you moron. It was way tougher to play in the clutch & grab
Always working hard and never complaining. The greatest skills of all. Imagine the numbers he would have put up if he’d stay healthy.
His greatest strength was his biggest weakness. The heart to never give up and push past pain is what ruined his career, but also what made him so great
one of the most incredible players from a raw skill perspective to ever play the game. Damn was he gifted
Man played almost his whole career in the "low-scoring era" of the NHL and he's #9 all-time in points per game. Let that sink in.
The thing with Peter Forsberg that I think many are forgetting about, is that Forsberg wasn´t the kind of superstar, scorer like the other players he is compared with. Peter Forsberg was a team player and not a fancy player - team first, always!
Right, his career high off the top of my head was 29 to 32 goals. If he was more selfish and shot first more often he could have been a perennial 60 goal scorer. No doubt about it.
I've always said Crosby reminds me a lot of Forsberg! Only difference is Crosby doesn't have to deal with clutch & grab. Can you imagine Forsberg in today's game!
Crosby does remind me a lot of forsberg. His strength on skates and balance are very similar.
My daughter just got her number #21 in a swedish team
Having lived in Colorado at that time I was fortunate to have watched those glory days and Peter was so much better than any compilation can really show. Still, this was a beautiful countdown.
Forsberg is my favorite player of all time and the only forward who never needed an enforcer for he was his own. The most complete 2-way player to ever play in the NHL.
All great plays, but I have seen a lot of plays from Peter that's better than half of these.
In my opinion, Peter is one of the top 5 best players ever. It's so sad that he had all those injuries! But that's the price for his physical terror.
As a life long Leafs fan, Peter Forsberg is my favourite player of all time lol
Personally I think he's a top 15 to ever play. 1.25 points per game, 2 cups, 2 gold medals, calder, 4th all time in assists per game, 8th all time in points per game, scoring title, believe he won the hart or the lindsay as well. He also totally changed the perception of Swedish players.
Sad for all the kids who never got to watch this era.
Saw this video 6 years ago, watch it almost every week lol. Wonderfully done video
My all time favorite player.
Never liked the Avs or Flyers but I always admired Forsberg. Truly one of the all time greatest players. Nice tribute.
This guy should be on more top 10 lists, number 7, anyone notice he undressed two hall of famers, Coffey and Lidstrom. He was a bad man Peter Forsberg.
His not from Canada......
1994 Olympics shoot out goal - Peter Forsberg made this Norwegian major hockey fan! #21 Forever!!
absolutly one of the best ever. If he would have come later after the clutch and grab era he would have dominated totaly
LIKE SEEING ASTEROIDS CRASH INTO PLANET JUPITER ...SEEING A PLAYER LIKE THIS IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME..HE WAS THAT GREAT.
Forsberg was not on my NHL team, but, oh how I loved to watch him play. Peter the Great? Better it be Peter the Magnificent.
Or Peter the GOAT
@@CeRz 🐐
That move on lidstrom is probably the only time in lidstroms career where someone made him look silly.
I bet Forsberg shows him that one every time they meet :-)
Go look up Pavel Bure...made Lindstrom look like a cone
danglesnipecelly13 definitly
Who is Lindstrom?
Well look him up not to many players in the World have earned 7 Norris Trophys. NHL-gold/WC-gold and Olympic-gold all in one season =Triple Gold Club etc. etc.
As a student living in Sweden, I got up on my bike 03.30 in the morning to watch the Avalanche playoffs because of this guy. He was worth it. Goddamn was he dominant.
wait, why did you go on your bike?
@@rcmanization Because the TV channel wasn't at my house, I had to sneak in at a family member's house.
Just imagine if he was playing today
Well i think he is numbero uno - he had it all !" And pretty fun to see Lidas been tunneled - didnt happen a lot...he was a great guy to
My favorite player period. Thank you Foppa!
"Phillytheflyerable":
It's not that easy to get all the clips in the quality that you want. It was more important for me to show the real Forsberg top 20 plays, rather than "Forsberg top 20 among the clips that I can get in the right quality".
Don't listen to him. This is an awesome video. A great tribute to Peter the Great. Man, I forgot just how good he was.
Olle Bengtsson It's so hard to find good clips from the 1990s unless you have access to NHL's vault
Olle Bengtsson kvalitén är en skam
Fredrik Eriksson kan man klandra den första personen som försökt hylla (och lyckats) Peter Forsberg i en "top plays" video?
William Rönnwall Antagligen kommer kommentaren från en tonåring som tror världen alltid varit HD
Thank you! My favorite player of all time. Foopa did alot to move the sport!
There was a game when Avalanche was short handed on penalty, and Peter held the puck alone for 17 seconds - nobody could take the puck away from him!
I remember watching that game, too.
Was it against the Sharks in their zone? I think I saw this too, seemed like he held the puck for a minute, unbelievable. I wouldn't be surprised if it happened more than once
Great player - big and strong, could make 180 degree turn on the coin from full speed, receive/return a hit and at the same time keep full control of the puck. All time 4th in assists per game (min 300 assist) - respect.
Forsberg, one of the best stickhandlers ever
Amazing player. You never knew what gonna happen when he was on the ice. But all those injuries stopped him from being even greater.
Easily one of the most skilled hockey players ever.
@liukangstoupee GOAT
Thanks, Captain Obvious!
@@CeRz 😂
@@MetalDetroit what's so funny? Lidström, Gretzky and Forsberg are the 3 best ever to touch the ice
@@b_rabbit435 You’re high. Forsberg was a great player but wasn’t even in the top 30.
Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg are my favorite players it was fun to see them play
Incredible player. Loved watching him play! Sad that this brilliant career was cut short by bad ankles. He was something!
#3 at 15:00. Remember seeing it live with my family, we all stood up screaming with joy. I screamed so hard that I literally saw stars infront of my eyes.
As a Avs fan I would love to see Forsberg play in today's game without all the holding and grabbing. He would lead the league in assists without a doubt. His combination of toughness and skill was unmatched.
What an insane player he was on the ice. Makes me proud to be Swede!
All accolades have already been written. I’ll just reiterate them, because watching Peter Forsberg videos still gives me goosebumps, borderline tears. He was an absolute ice hockey phenom! What most younger folks don’t get is that Forsberg’s career coincided with the worst spectator-friendly and hockey-unaesthetic era of clutch-and-grab. Technical forwards were much more easily shut down without drawing opposing team penalties. It’s of course all hypothetical, and you can’t compare eras, but I honestly believe that Peter Forsberg would have surpassed Wayne Gretzky’s points per game average had he played either before the 90’s and early 2000’s, or after 2005.
His greatest strength was his biggest weakness. The heart to never give up and push past pain is what ruined his career, but also what made him so great
BEST ERA EVER. FOOKING AMAZING. Tearing up everytime i see memories about Forsberg
Forsberg was good enough to be a 150 point player on a good team in the 80s. Agree he had a run of several years when he was the best player in the league
How I wish he could've have stayed healthy...I started to love hockey a bit late in my life and by that time he was already playing like half of his seasons. He's still my favorite player ever though. These highlights are great souvenirs
One of the most unstoppable player my favorite Avalanche player Peter Forsberg he can't be replaced if you see him skating towards you you will be sorry you got in his way.
My fovorite Hockey player Peter The Great !!!!!!!!!!
Correction... Peter the Grate 😁
You feel like there are too many Philly highlights in here. Forsberg was a beast for years in Colorado, and did things as impressive as the Philly highlights on almost a regular basis.
FANTASTIC VIDEO!!! and this is coming from a die-hard Detroit Red Wings fan. i will always prefer the Swedish players over other europeans and north americans. thank you olle
Lee Andress where you from?
11:13 omg,, Foppa is genius ! I was hoping that he could have continued longer in his career.
One of the best ice hockey players in the world if not the best !!! Peter the great
We can always thank a prima donna who didn't want to play for the Nordiques for helping to assemble one of the most fun teams ever to watch, and who also won my favourite D, Bourque, a cup.
This is my second time here I believe, I have to say the idea of using this music is nothing short of brilliant. Fantastic video. 👍🍺 Awesome player, hands down.. he was an animal.
Forsberg and Lemieux.... Two indestructible machines. Both players could single handledly physically go through everyone. Both battled injuries and conditions that caused both players to rise to even greater heights to finish the game, and they did so beautifully. I'm a wings and sabres fan. Anytime Peter or Mario was on the ice I held my breath. They could create something from nothing. Unreal f***** legends. Never will there be more dominant players in our game at all aspects of the game like these two. I would give anything to have another one like these two. Players that can fight, dominate a game, and stick up for teammates.
i was born in '86, and wasn't really introduced to hockey until i was 8 or 9, so this dude was my first hockey hero. i knew gretzky was the goat cuz thats what everyone was telling me, and i was a penguins fan then so i loved lemieux but i didn't get to see much of him before columbus got a team. i saw a lot of prime forsberg tho, and he was special.
There will never be another player like Peter the Great! The GOAT of taking over a game and putting his team on his back! But Mackinnon is the next Avs savior!!
He already is tho. I think MacKinnnon, Landeskog and Makar is the most epic trio in todays hockey
The 90s were so brutal to many great careers cut short I wish he would've stayed healthy he was one of a kind one the most unique players ever to play
90's was a complete war zone. My god. the size and strenght of the players then compared to now is night and day. Lindros, Lemieux, Jagr, All over 6 foot 4 230 lbs and Forsberg was incredible.
noooooooo nooooooooooo i do not ever wanna see that goal of his when he ties the game against finland... i´ve managed to avoid it for 12 years and now........ NOOOOOOO
beautiful wasn't it :)
i wouldnt say beautiful as so much as it was just a complete and utter collapse by us Finns, just like the whole game. dont think im still quite over it....
Swedes like to bolster the credit to bolster their egos. When they win, they won despite the cheating, bad reffing, being injured hurt etc. Winning at all odds because they're just so great. When they lose, they were cheated, refs were paid, and, oh, by the way, they didn't want to win or weren't really trying anyway. That's a Swede in a nutshell almost down to the last one. Thankfully there's only 5 million of them.
5million Sweds? Finns are 5 million, Sweden 10million.
Damn. Twice as many, 10 million TOO many! That's a lot of whining for a small planet.
Best two way player who ever put his skates on the ice !!
The AVS weren’t the same since we lost this guy. That is until recently when Makar an Nate dog have come of age! Go AVS
I once asked Forsberg ( foolishly ) if he remembered that play when he charged the net with a guy draped all over him and he scored anyway. He just smiled at me. I immediately realized I was an idiot but he was still kind and asked back, " which one? ". Really nice guy and of course one of the best to play the game.
By the way, the play I was recalling was 13:25 , just in case you were still wondering Pete.
hockeymann88 vad sa han då?
@@insertnamehere1792 ”Which one?”
What a legend!
Great work on this compilation!!
Best Forsberg video I've seen, thank you so much!
Forsberg and Sundin my favorite players.
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Mina med.
Relentless. Best way to describe his game.
Naslund-Sundin-Forsberg
Salming-Lidstrom
Det var tider det. Jag var orolig när alla slutade men återväxten ser hoppfull ut. Fan vad stolt man blir!!
God I miss thoses days... Imagine a 25 years old forsberg full healthy in today's game with no line and no rough play at all loooool
He would murdered these softys
yes game is too easy now and not rought enough, removing the central line changed the game and it doesnt require skill to do a long pass or wait for it at the other end
Imagine him and MacKinnon side by side
@@wildinc.7720 the legends like Forsberg etc wouldn't be able to play in this "modern hockey" they removed a lot of strategy when they removed the red line, now players are fast ya but they can just dumb the puck from 1 side to the other anybody can do that with a lob etc its retarded no strategy in the neutral zone also players like Stevens for examples would always be on the penalty box they would have a very hard time to adapt to this gay fragile hockey with no check no hook etc I love modern hockey but its just different players today have it easy a lot
Cloud Strife I hear you. I simply meant them together on the same team in the sense that certain players today could easily shine in the old days. MacKinnon, McDavid, Pastrnak, Benn, etc are all examples of that. There’s ones you can play the game well and there’s those that are the epitome of the sport regardless of the directive.
Forsberg/Sakic was maybe the greatest 1-2 punch at center...alongside Yzerman/Fedorov. Also, the abbreviation for "number" is 'No.' not "Nr.'
When Jagr and Forsberg decided to rag the puck, it was almost impossible to take it away from them! Best in the business ever! Sid might be the closest, in terms of possession game.
that clip of Mario in the beginning would have been like 10 penalty shots in todays NHL
***** I was laughing at that,he was literally hanging on while Mario just continued to skate :D that one clip alone proves why Mario is one of the best,such will to score
evilTaker90V2 But you need to compare the NHL of Mario's pre-(1st) retirement years and the league when he came back. Mario was disgusted with the league when he returned. Mario is up there with the exclusive group of Gordie, Orr and Gretzky. Mario would never have scored 199 pts in the "Clutch & Grab Era."
Not Crazy My favorite player of all time
and thats just it with todays new pussified nhl the will of a player is no longer really demonstrated another aspect of the game that has been removed sadly
As it should be. Guys who need to rely on that shit don't belong in the league, and thankfully they've been weeded out.
That handling is incredible
Some jaw dropping stuff.
All Flyers and/or Predators clips should be stricken from the record . He will always and forever be an Av
He was awesome. Thanks for making that.