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Keith Primeau skated with the team again today. Yes it is a long shot that he will return for the playoffs this year but I can still hope. Heck, as a Philly fan that is all I ever do... hope, hope, hope but never, ever celebrate. The Flyers came up one game short of going to the Stanley Cup finals during the last NHL playoffs in 2004. Keith Primeau was the X-Factor, he seemed to be everywhere - playing strong defense, hitting anything wearing a Jersey that didn't say "Flyers" and scoring timely goals. Yes it would be wonderful to have Primeau back 2004 was his best Playoff season ever and it was great to watch.
Primeau's statistics 18 games - 9 goals, 7 assists or nearly 0.90 points/game. However, Primeau is no Forsberg. The Peter Forsberg that Philly fans have "ooh-d and ahh-d" about all season is NOT the Forsberg who shows up for Playoffs. Peter The Great is a Perennial X-Factor averaging nearly 1.20 points/game over 133 playoff games including two victorious Stanley Cup Finals.
He is so exciting to watch. Since the Mid-90's, the playoff games in the Western Division have often made the Stanley Cup Finals, anti-climatic. Some of the best hockey, I have ever seen were the Colorado vs. Detroit playoff series... remember of the last 9 Stanley Cup Finals - either Colrado or Detroit have one 5 times...
In addition to being a scoring machine, plays great defense, and hits anything that moves, usually while in possesion of the puck. Further, he sacrifices his body to make the play. Time and time again, he comes through in the clutch whenit matters most. We saw it when he lead Sweden to a shootout victory and Gold Medal in 1994 Olympics. And gain win Colrado won the Stanley Cup in 1995, and again in 2001, when he lead Colorado to the Stanley Cup again, scoring 27 points in 20 games and again this past Olympics when Sweden again won the Gold Medal.
Yes, I would love to have Primeau back but even without him, Forsberg makes the Flyers likely to go deep into the playoffs this year.
Forsberg is a competitor and
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