John Leyba, The Denver Post)
Peter Forsberg sandbagged us.
He said both his chronically troublesome foot and conditioning were bad, so not to expect much in the Friday night Avalanche-Red Wings alumni game at Coors Field.
In the Avalanche's 5-2 win later, Forsberg, at 42, two years younger than Florida's Jaromir Jagr, actually showed enough flashes, enough hints, to trigger flashbacks to when — even on a star-studded roster and working against other elite players — he could take games over, most notably in his Hart Trophy 2002-03 season.
"It was fantastic just to be out there," he said.