Peter Forsberg returned to National Hockey League on Friday Night to the Colorado Avalanche after spending two seasons with Modo in the Swedish League. Forsberg was a favorite of ours, and we are happy to see him back in the NHL, but it got us thinking....
What of the other stars still competing in Europe, like Jaormir Jagr and Dominik Hasek? Here is why we are thinking about it. The Hockey Hall of Fame will not consider anyone eligible until they have finished their professional career (even in Europe) for three years. We will be looking to create a Future Candidate List for the various sports in which we cover, and we will be looking to do a "coming soon" for the afformentioned Europeans.
Back to Forsberg, we have a case of a man who has already had an accomplished NHL career, and has been a proven assist machine. He currently stands at 885 career points, but stands at #10 All Time for Points per Game. Internationally, Forsberg has two Olympic Gold Medals for his native Sweden. In the NHL, he is a former Art Ross and Hart Trophy Winner and has twice hoisted the Stanley Cup. We think he is already Hall of Fame material, but does he have to reach a magical 1,000 NHL point total to get into the Hall?
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