Forsberg To Colorado Avalanche

The Flyers have lost 11 straight. And, whoops, now Peter Forsberg is coming back to the NHL to play for Colorado.

Gee, thanks, Foppa. I hope you get cross checked by one of the Flyers’ many goons.

Hey Foppa, Kick Us While We’re Down Why Don’t Ya? Forsberg to Avalance [The 700 Level]

Peter The Great To Aid Flu-Ridden Flyers?

Although the Flyers were coming off a 22-60 season, the worst in their history, a couple people thought they might be able to sneak into the playoffs this year if they caught a few good bounces. Instead, the Flyers are first in the division and only three points back of first-place Ottawa.

Now comes the news the team will get Peter “Foppa” Forsberg back if he feels he’s healthy enough to return. Yes, the dreamy blue-eyed Swede could be returning to break the hearts of all the women in South Jersey and Northeast Philly.

Forsberg (at right, apparently getting ready to chase after some birds) played with the Flyers for 2 1/2 years before the club shipped him off to Nashville. The Flyers could definitely use him right now, as they all have the flu right now.

Photo by Markus Sandin, licensed via Creative Commons

Quickies: Apocalypse Philadelphia, Now

• Stop the presses! Notorious B.I.G. (or the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, or The Blob, or whatever joke you want to make) is wanted for a crime in Philadelphia (left)! Although the police sketch is a bit just like a circle with eyes drawn on, how many 350-pound men with “buff” on their arm could there be? Shouldn’t be too hard to catch. [Sketch scanned in from DN]

• Once the best in the NHL, the Flyers lose their third straight. Even worse, star (and dreamboat) Peter Forsberg goes down with a groin injury. This game was played right by the xylene accident. Coincidence? I think not. [Inky]

• The city yesterday was overrun by Ben Franklins. Simply overrun! [Inky]

• An ex-Philadelphia cop is slain by his ex-lover’s son, who also happens to be the son of a Philadelphia police officer assigned to the mayor’s security detail. And by all accounts the dude was a God-fearing, nice dude. Yikes. [DN]

• And, in the most nefarious Apocalypse Philadelphia news yet: Southampton Days chairman seeks answers! Everybody run! [Bucks County Courier Times]