Former Flyers star Peter Forsberg is calling it a career.
The Colorado Avalanche forward is set to retire from the NHL after playing in just two games during his latest comeback.
A chronic foot ailment cut short Forsberg's career. He made a brief return in 2008 and didn't play in the NHL again until this month. After a visa delay, he took the ice in just two games, scoring no points, before deciding to call it a career.
The former league MVP will hold a news conference Monday afternoon before the team's game against the Calgary Flames.
Just one week ago, Forsberg signed a $1 million deal to play the rest of the season for the team he helped lead to two Stanley Cup titles.
Forsberg was arguably the best two-way player in the NHL during his heyday, leading the Avalanche to Stanley Cup titles in 1996 and 2001, and earning both the Hart Trophy and league MVP in 2003.
The Swede was originally drafted by the Flyers but sent to the Quebec Nordiques in the Eric Lindros deal. He would eventually rejoin the Flyers in 2005 after the NHL lost the 2004-05 season to a labor dispute.
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He tallied 75 points in 60 games for the Orange and Black that season and helped Philly reach the playoffs. The next season the wheels fell off for the Flyers and Forsberg was dealt to Nashville in mid February.
He started having problems with his right foot over those years and ended up going back to his native Sweden after appearing in nine regular-season games and seven postseason games for Colorado in 2007-08. Forsberg played for his hometown club MoDo the past couple of years and his foot held up enough that he decided to give the NHL another shot.
After his immigration issues were cleared up, Forsberg played in games at Nashville and Columbus, both losses. Monday was supposed to mark his home debut.
