I'm a Kings fan. I remember the first time I saw Forsberg play agains LA at Staples. I had heard about him but didn't know how good he was. I had never seen a player completely dominate a game in every way. Offense, defense, physically, finesse. Kings fans around me were in awe. I was a huge fan of his ever since.
Imagine if Forsberg had played in any other era. He peaked during the absolute hardest time to score points and still put up PPG in line with Gretzky and Lemieux. He reverse-hit people like nobody else. His +/- was insane. The most complete player ever, no question. Forsberg did it all, usually with 2 players hanging off him.
But he payed the price for that era. That era was also so physical and it took a toll on a lot of players, such as Forsberg. I cringe every time I watch Forsberg highlights, for example that amazing lob pass to Blake, Blake get an insanely stupid slash to his hand/arm and the referee doesn't even react. That was the norm back then and the reason so many great players never got to play as much as they should've.
@@Lindeni Yeah, like Lindros, Kariya etc. Combine speed and power in this ear with this sticking, crosschecking and other stuff and you get lot of head injuries etc.
Peter Forsberg is still my favorite player his skills as a hockey player is just amazing his quickness his ability to stay focus in every game I just love this man
Currently 4th all-time in assist/game behind Wayne, Mario and Orr. If he played in a different era he might be higher on the list. Magician with his stick, a dancer on his skates and a bulldozer with an attitude. The best I ever saw.
@@KalleLagerlof i remembered crying when i saw Derian Hatcher cross-cheked him TO the ice...imagine the power of the hit to take down a mountain like Forsberg.
Forsberg is my dad's top 5 player of all time. After watching a lot of highlights and even full games of him playing, I understand why. He would own and scare teams today, specially in the playoffs. I wish I had seen him play live.
Loved forsberg. The man was a savage. He really opened my eyes that European players could also be bad ass. He could hit, pass, score, and wasn't above playing dirty now and then. Also super high pain threshold. I think his pain tolerance was on par with a cadaver. I think Forsberg and Wendel Clark are 2 of my favorites.
#5 is my #1 I can't watch that goal enough. He had the full package of grit, strength, skill and hockey IQ like no other and this play is a brilliant example of that.
I lived in Colorado during the Av's '96, '01 Cups (and still do) and saw Forsberg then. Seeing that #1 goal, my reaction was "Yeah, THAT'S a Forsberg goal!" That's what I came here to see.
The dude was a beast. At only 6ft but 200 pounds he was almost impossible to get the puck off of. Elite skills but what I most remember about him was his work in the corners. He always seemed to end up with the puck. One of the very Greats! He would probably be on my first line of the all great team.
He had the best hands in the NHL, maybe only rivaled by Datsyuk, but he had the strength and grit everyone else with buttery smooth hands lacked. If the Hockey Mount Rushmore is Gretzky, Howe, Orr, and Lemieux, then Forsberg is the Statue of Liberty
There are a handful of players since him that have been able to protect the puck and out muscle guys consistently. He was an absolute beast, as well as being so skilled. He wanted to control the game and he could, such a smart, determined player.
remember every morning checking the Nhl game results on text-tv ( In Sweden) checking if Foppa ( P.Forsberg) had goals/assists . Same with Sundin. And them together in world Cups and Olympics. when his foot gave up returning to Colorado i was devastated. Complete player
Forsberg is in my top 5 all time. If you had to draft a team from the all time greats you have to seriously consider getting him first. Not because he is the best scorer/player ever but because how much of a beast he is to play against! The most complete player ever.
#5 my fav goal ever. forsberg was like maradona. straight into the thick of it and then somehow got through and scored. watch the crowd after that goal, even the avs fans are more confused than celebrating, you have to watch the replay over and over too grasp how it was possible
SImply the mold you would use to create a hockey player. Not the greatest at any one skill, but the complete package armed with the most important thing - his mentality and sheer want/need to compete.
@maceightyseven Ya Lidstrom is my favorite defensemen of all time, those late 90's early 2000's Wings were amazing. Datsyuk and Zetterberg did a great job taking over from them. Here's to hoping Raymond will help us get back to a hint of our former glory! Such a shame we missed out on Lafreniere, dropping in last years draft was so dissapointing.
For me he is surtenly in the top 5 of all time, just amazing player. The ones that think different cant realy know much about hockey. Im not saying he was better than Gretzky but if Gretzky would have played the same era as Forsberg clutch and grab and been treated the same way he would have ashieved less.
Unfortunately injuries limited Forsberg to 11 seasons, with many games missed along the way. We all missed out on more of Forsberg being impossibly smooth and making defenders and goalies look silly. He scored more than a point per game in his first 10 seasons. He posted 55 points in 57 games in the 11th. He was never once a minus player. He was usually heavy on the plus side of things. His magnum opus was in 2002-‘03, when he won the Heart Trophy with league high marks in assists (77), points (106), and +/- (52). The puck gravitated towards his stick and remained stuck to it’s blade for as long as Peter wanted it there. He dominated the game and never scored more than 30 goals in a season. He won the Calder. He won the Hart. He’s a 2x Cup winner. He’s got a gold medal and is an Olympic hero. Few, if any, were as smooth as Forsberg on the ice. (Maybe Datsyk?) He’s a hockey legend.
If you know your hockey you can easily figure out why #2 was put their . Undressed and embarrassed the smartest defensemen in NHL history. Only time I've seen Lidstrom make a mistake and not make up for it .
@@jakestevenson6588 ya top 10, top 5 he'd be somewhere around there. To me just as far as talent alone without looking at points or anything, personally I have him as the 5th most skilled player to ever play
I came here from the Datsyuk Top 10 to see a REAL player, not just a fancy pants. Forsberg was absolutely mindblowing. Very few I would take for my team before him.
Adam Deadmarshs advice when playing against Peter was to go change and let somebody else play against him! What a monster he was in the Clutch & Grab Era times, dominance on the ice!
Move over McDavid, who said you need top speed to make it in the show?! If anything, Forsberg's pace shaped him into the puck protecting juggernaut we've all come to know and love. A crying shame injuries got to him in the end. When you constantly have to shake your coverage, you're bound to be on the receiving end of some violence, sadly.
insane cross-check from Hatcher i felt the pain watching it live.The slash he received also every time he passed around a guy he would receive an axe-swing slash to the wrist.But if he had a carreer like Joe Sakic his number would have been Top 2 ever.Anyway he is the best player ever to play in NHL.
So many great goals from Peter "foppa" Forsberg in this Video. I was hoping to see the goal from 1994 in the Swedish national team though, winning the Olympics.
I'm a Kings fan. I remember the first time I saw Forsberg play agains LA at Staples. I had heard about him but didn't know how good he was. I had never seen a player completely dominate a game in every way. Offense, defense, physically, finesse. Kings fans around me were in awe. I was a huge fan of his ever since.
Imagine if Forsberg had played in any other era. He peaked during the absolute hardest time to score points and still put up PPG in line with Gretzky and Lemieux. He reverse-hit people like nobody else. His +/- was insane. The most complete player ever, no question. Forsberg did it all, usually with 2 players hanging off him.
But he payed the price for that era. That era was also so physical and it took a toll on a lot of players, such as Forsberg. I cringe every time I watch Forsberg highlights, for example that amazing lob pass to Blake, Blake get an insanely stupid slash to his hand/arm and the referee doesn't even react. That was the norm back then and the reason so many great players never got to play as much as they should've.
If not for the injuries,brilliant player
@@Lindeni Yeah, like Lindros, Kariya etc. Combine speed and power in this ear with this sticking, crosschecking and other stuff and you get lot of head injuries etc.
Calling him “the most complete player ever, no question” makes you sound like a massive homer
@@MD-ds6ig A massive homer, huh?
Try not drooling on the keyboard when you talk.
The complete player.
If he had gone for the goal more often, maybe. Brilliant shot, would pass on a shootout.
@@mattihp theres this move called "The Forsberg" which he did in a shootout. Look it up
@@Tyce3823 yeah, the Kenta Nilsson. How a player of Forabeeg's calibre never scored 40 goals is weird..
@@mattihp because
@@mattihp His shot was pretty mediocre by NHL standards. He just willed his way to goals
Peter Forsberg is still my favorite player his skills as a hockey player is just amazing his quickness his ability to stay focus in every game I just love this man
Currently 4th all-time in assist/game behind Wayne, Mario and Orr. If he played in a different era he might be higher on the list. Magician with his stick, a dancer on his skates and a bulldozer with an attitude. The best I ever saw.
If he'd played longer...
@@The-Dom To many injures
And he played during the clutch and grab era, the most destructive era in nhl history
@@The-Dom he would have played longer in a different era...wouldnt have had same amount of injuries to his body.
@@KalleLagerlof i remembered crying when i saw Derian Hatcher cross-cheked him TO the ice...imagine the power of the hit to take down a mountain like Forsberg.
What a beast. Very rare to see a player go through Lidstrom like that
Forsberg walked Lidstrom and Chelios on the same play in the 2000 playoffs
Forsberg is my dad's top 5 player of all time. After watching a lot of highlights and even full games of him playing, I understand why. He would own and scare teams today, specially in the playoffs. I wish I had seen him play live.
Loved forsberg. The man was a savage. He really opened my eyes that European players could also be bad ass. He could hit, pass, score, and wasn't above playing dirty now and then. Also super high pain threshold. I think his pain tolerance was on par with a cadaver. I think Forsberg and Wendel Clark are 2 of my favorites.
#5 is my #1 I can't watch that goal enough. He had the full package of grit, strength, skill and hockey IQ like no other and this play is a brilliant example of that.
And it was part of a 6 point hattrick 0-5 to 7-5 comeback if I’m not mistaken
I lived in Colorado during the Av's '96, '01 Cups (and still do) and saw Forsberg then. Seeing that #1 goal, my reaction was "Yeah, THAT'S a Forsberg goal!" That's what I came here to see.
One of my favorite players to watch, along with Datsyuk. As a Wings fan, it was so bittersweet to watch him dominate my team for so many years.
Same. As an Aves fan, Datsyuk was one of my favorite players to watch
I’m a ducks fan and this guy was a duck hunter, never seen a player dominate a single team so much before…
To me Foppa was the most exciting hockey player ever. He combined skill and strenght in an absolutely unique fashion. He could just dominate games.
he would take the puck and we knew something will be create within 5 seconds always always
"So how strong do you wanna be on the puck?"
Forsberg: Yes
how long do you hold on to the puck? -yes
😂
Favourite player of all time !
Me too
He was like the perfect mix between Gretzky amd Lindros.
Watching this is a throwback to childhood. Forsberg was always my favorite player growing up
Peter The Great
The dude was a beast. At only 6ft but 200 pounds he was almost impossible to get the puck off of. Elite skills but what I most remember about him was his work in the corners. He always seemed to end up with the puck. One of the very Greats! He would probably be on my first line of the all great team.
bourque said he was the strongest player he ever played against
Been searching these up enough over the years, so glad to have another one to watch!
In the conversation of best player ever
He had the best hands in the NHL, maybe only rivaled by Datsyuk, but he had the strength and grit everyone else with buttery smooth hands lacked. If the Hockey Mount Rushmore is Gretzky, Howe, Orr, and Lemieux, then Forsberg is the Statue of Liberty
1-Forsberg 2-Orr- 3-Lemieux 4-Gretzky 5-Howe/Richard like it or not this is my take about whos the best.
God Tier Balance. Insane stick control of the puck.
One of the best of all-time.
i was born a detroit fan and have always been one it was hard not be in awe of forsberg back in the day
Im also number 21
Dock i landslaget hade du väl inte alltid 21 Loui?
@@ulfromedahl yes
@@LOUI-e7h Vi leker med tanken att du inte skulle få ha nummer 21. Vilket nummer skulle du ta då?
Ur cute loui
Jörgen Jönsson hade nr 21
There are a handful of players since him that have been able to protect the puck and out muscle guys consistently. He was an absolute beast, as well as being so skilled. He wanted to control the game and he could, such a smart, determined player.
remember every morning checking the Nhl game results on text-tv ( In Sweden) checking if Foppa ( P.Forsberg) had goals/assists .
Same with Sundin. And them together in world Cups and Olympics. when his foot gave up returning to Colorado i was devastated. Complete player
Forsberg is in my top 5 all time. If you had to draft a team from the all time greats you have to seriously consider getting him first. Not because he is the best scorer/player ever but because how much of a beast he is to play against! The most complete player ever.
By far the best player on any era. Some have more points, but as a whole they were nowhere near.
Miss watching him play
what a legend. the complete player
#5 my fav goal ever. forsberg was like maradona. straight into the thick of it and then somehow got through and scored. watch the crowd after that goal, even the avs fans are more confused than celebrating, you have to watch the replay over and over too grasp how it was possible
Severely underrated player. One of the goats
I miss him so much in the NHL. The game will never be the same.
The greatest hockey player i have ever seen. Outside of goalies he is my most favorite player
SImply the mold you would use to create a hockey player. Not the greatest at any one skill, but the complete package armed with the most important thing - his mentality and sheer want/need to compete.
OMG he went almost effortlessly through freaking Nick Lidstrom! Never saw that clip before. Hats off.
What a player, to this day I still can't believe he played a game with a ruptured spleen..
@21tombombadil OMG...I didn't know that. It's always fun when he shows up at Avs games. Fans love him ❤️
As a Red Wings fan I HATED Forsberg growing up. What an amazing player to have on your team
@maceightyseven Ya Lidstrom is my favorite defensemen of all time, those late 90's early 2000's Wings were amazing. Datsyuk and Zetterberg did a great job taking over from them. Here's to hoping Raymond will help us get back to a hint of our former glory! Such a shame we missed out on Lafreniere, dropping in last years draft was so dissapointing.
Great thing about hockey fans is they can absolutely hate a player of a rival team and yet still love them for their skills.....
@@ukraineupdates9380 Well i don't think you should be sad about missing Lafraniere looking at the way Raymond and Seider have played so far
Legend
The greatest!
One of the very best of all time
For me he is surtenly in the top 5 of all time, just amazing player. The ones that think different cant realy know much about hockey. Im not saying he was better than Gretzky but if Gretzky would have played the same era as Forsberg clutch and grab and been treated the same way he would have ashieved less.
True
My favourite complete player of all time. So many amazing plays missing on this list though :(
Favorite player to watch Forsbergs game was so dominate.
It really stands out how much holding and hooking there was in that era. What a bull of a player though - strength and skill.
Unfortunately injuries limited Forsberg to 11 seasons, with many games missed along the way. We all missed out on more of Forsberg being impossibly smooth and making defenders and goalies look silly. He scored more than a point per game in his first 10 seasons. He posted 55 points in 57 games in the 11th. He was never once a minus player. He was usually heavy on the plus side of things. His magnum opus was in 2002-‘03, when he won the Heart Trophy with league high marks in assists (77), points (106), and +/- (52). The puck gravitated towards his stick and remained stuck to it’s blade for as long as Peter wanted it there. He dominated the game and never scored more than 30 goals in a season. He won the Calder. He won the Hart. He’s a 2x Cup winner. He’s got a gold medal and is an Olympic hero. Few, if any, were as smooth as Forsberg on the ice. (Maybe Datsyk?) He’s a hockey legend.
Imagine what he could do in today's hockey where you don't have to carry defencemens on your back to get things done
Also give him no two line passes and 4-5 PPs a game. Guys like Forsberg and Bure would have feasted.
Much like Lemieux
@@sojiroseta98 Lemiuex would've put up 250 pts fr.
The coolest about most of the plays and goals was scored in the playoffs..
He was a playoff beast for sure.
Forsbergs prime was the best player ever.
There will never be another quite like Foppa.
Hello there
Best thing to come out of Sweden since ABBA.
and the wrench
What about the cheese slicer...!
Forsberg doing the forsberg is some inception type stuff.
It is called the Kenta Nilsson. Scored against USA in 1989.
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Peter Forsberg. Legend in Sweden. Best Swedish player ever.
One off the best in NHL ever 👍
Loved those Avs V Red Wings games in the 90s!
If you know your hockey you can easily figure out why #2 was put their . Undressed and embarrassed the smartest defensemen in NHL history. Only time I've seen Lidstrom make a mistake and not make up for it .
Bure did him in to.
The most complete forward to play the game imo. He could take over at will.
Seriously one of the greatest to ever play the game. I assume he's in the HOF ?
Unreal skill level and so strong on the puck.
Anytime you make Nick Lidstrom look like a fool, you know just how damn good you are.
You could make a top 100 Forsberg plays and all those plays would be as amazing as these ones.
Fabulous vision and impossible to separate him from the puck.....
Could have easily been up there with Howe, Messier and Jagr in points if he wasn't hurt half the time.
Yep I completely agree, if not for injuries he could have gone down as a top 5 player of all time
@@RIPJimmyA7X he’s #8 all time in PPG. But I agree, he’d be top 5 in points all time if it weren’t for the injuries.
@@jakestevenson6588 ya top 10, top 5 he'd be somewhere around there. To me just as far as talent alone without looking at points or anything, personally I have him as the 5th most skilled player to ever play
He is also played through the worst years of clutch and grab hockey. He is one of my favorite players of all time along with Sakic and Yzerman.
@@AnEvolvingApe yep that's another thing as well, if he played with the time and space of today no one would ever get the puck off his stick
True Magician, True Legend!
I came here from the Datsyuk Top 10 to see a REAL player, not just a fancy pants. Forsberg was absolutely mindblowing. Very few I would take for my team before him.
Великий игрок!
Кумир моего детства)
King Forsberg!
He was such an absolute monster! If only the Leafs could ever have 1 player of this caliber.
Peter The Great is without a doubt the best player of all time.
#2 on this list is brilliant. Most players would probably go behind the goal in that situation, he goes straight through the defense.
That moment when a player makes Lindstrom look like a bottom pair defensive men
Lindstrom?
Adam Deadmarshs advice when playing against Peter was to go change and let somebody else play against him! What a monster he was in the Clutch & Grab Era times, dominance on the ice!
Forsberg is my #3 Center all time. The guy took over games like nobody else ever. A smaller smarter Eric Lindros.
Imagine Forsberg playing in the McDavid era. One couldn't possibly stop him without facing a 5 on 3 for some 4-6 minutes.
Yes, he would pour in points if he played in this era.
I love Foppa play,he is the Best!
Move over McDavid, who said you need top speed to make it in the show?! If anything, Forsberg's pace shaped him into the puck protecting juggernaut we've all come to know and love. A crying shame injuries got to him in the end. When you constantly have to shake your coverage, you're bound to be on the receiving end of some violence, sadly.
insane cross-check from Hatcher i felt the pain watching it live.The slash he received also every time he passed around a guy he would receive an axe-swing slash to the wrist.But if he had a carreer like Joe Sakic his number would have been Top 2 ever.Anyway he is the best player ever to play in NHL.
So many great goals from Peter "foppa" Forsberg in this Video. I was hoping to see the goal from 1994 in the Swedish national team though, winning the Olympics.
just think of the points he would put up in todays game, his prime was when scoring was way down
Or if he could have stayed healthy!
@@qpThePlagueqp21 then he had to change his offensive playstyle, and thats something he couldn't do
and shoot the puck more. that sick accuracy
Ever see his one handed wrist shots? Talk about strength
if its the one where he is outside in Sweden doing an interview just WOW
As a Swede, as a Redwing fan and having Nicklas Lidström as my favorite player of all time... That moment; 03:58 ....
I don't know what to say...
How many penalties is there in this video?
No.
couple dozens
He's so good
A perfect hockey player. All the great qualities Swedes are known for supported the brute strength of an American :)
Этого игрока отдавали в числе пятерых за одного Линдроса! Время показало, что скорее пятерых Линдросов надо было отдавать за него!
Кто мог знать что Линдрос стеклянный... Эрик котировался чуть ли не как Гретцки, Фила знала на что шла.
@@24kadra20 Если бы знала , что Форсберг станет Великим ФОРСБЕРГОМ , думаю обмен не состоялся бы !
Top 3 players of all time! No doubt
I found myself focusing more on all the hacking, slashing and hooking than the actual highlights
That's the late 90's era of hockey for you.
Please more classic player top 10s
2:21 This hook haha
And the hook on play #4. Can you imagine him playing now? He’d always have the puck.
95% of these highlights there would be penalties against the opposing team in todays NHL
The Avalanche vs Red Wings era was a great time to be alive
That stick of rob blake at 1:42 gotta be illegal haha
GOAT
Worst season was .965 points per game at 33 years old. All-time #8 at 1.250 points per game. Double Triple Gold Club member.
If the clutch n trap era can not hold on Forsberg, nowadays he would take off in any games.
The look of disbelief on some of the tenders.
Absolutely.
That A on his sweater stands for Awesome.
The Brazilian Ronaldo of hockey. If not for his injuries he could have become the best ever.
i’m just gonna come out and say it
peter is a top 5 goal scorer ever
Osgood still has nightmares about Forsberg to this day
what an absolute tank. can't knock this guy off pucks
Aggressively patient, if that even makes sense.