If you’re an Avalanche fan still holding out hope Peter Forsberg will play again this coming season, don’t even think about it until at least Christmas.
After consulting with more doctors about his troubled right foot in his native Sweden, Forsberg was told he would need several months of rehabilitation if he wanted to have hope of playing again, a source close to the Avalanche star said.
Forsberg, plagued the last few years by a bad right ankle, which also causes him other injuries such as pulled groins, has not decided to retire. He still hopes to play again this season, and his situation could unfold much as it did with the Avs last season.
Forsberg, who turns 35 on Sunday, returned to the Avs in late February, playing nine regular-season and seven playoff games.
A Swedish newspaper, Expressen, reported recently that Forsberg’s foot problem is due to a muscle imbalance. A stronger muscle in the foot overcompensates for a weaker muscle, the paper said, causing him pain and swelling.
Forsberg’s primary doctor from Gothenborg, Sweden, Dr. Bertil Romanus, has prescribed a rehabilitation program that likely will be Forsberg’s last attempt at a recovery to resume his career.
Adrian Dater, The Denver Post
