The flyers have Forsberg!!

I think you mean

The Flyers traded Forsberg, plus 10 other 1st round draft picks for Eric Lindros 10+ years ago
> no, despite the past, i got it right the first time. i actually meant “The flyers have Forsberg!”

Since then, “The Big E”, (E=Error) was last seen liquored up in a local nightclub, urinating on the dance floor and dumping drinks on the female patrons, as he was being escorted out by the police in handcuffs, he was heard muttering, “I will never play in Quebec”
> ok. i really wasn’t keeping track of where Eric pees, I was just kinda happy the Flyers got Forsberg.

Quebec, of course, became Colorado, and was one of the most dominant teams of the past decade, thanks to Philly’s incompetent judgement, and their willingness to outbid only one other “Out to lunch” team, the New York Rangers, and get Lindros, no matter what.
> i’m not sure philly just gave the avs those cups, but if they did, well, they are a nice bunch of guys.

Philly not only donated Forsberg, but other players as well, guys like Sundin, Nolan, Deadmarsh, Young, and several others i can’t remember at the moment, came to Colorado directly, or indirectly, as a result of that trade.
> ok, i’m beginning to smell this “i’m pissed off at the Vikings for making the Cowboys champs of the 90’s” thing, only in hockey.

Forsberg now, aged and often injured, will only decline in his skill, the reality of being a pro athlete.
> i’ll take him anyway.

Philly is an example of how “Not to do things”,
> that’s not true. it’s been a while since the last cup, but they’re a winning team. they do lots of things right.

and a trade like this will only add more pain to the memory of Philly fans, and what might have been.
> yeah, yeah.

Enjoy the Swede for his 2 remaining years of pro hockey,
> will do.

and avoid Ottawa in the playoffs, at all cost, they will skate circles around you, as they have proven time after time.
> does time after time mean twice in the history of the league, including once after that flyers/leafs last-man-standing series? look, i’ll give the devils their due (although they’ve declined now), but ottawa was never more than an ordinary foe. they could win a few games, maybe even a series or two, but they weren’t even good enough to play for the cup, nevertheless win one.

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> hook me up with another volume come, say, olympics time