I must have been clairvoyant, when I bought my ticket to this game an hour before they announced that Peter Forsberg signed a one year contract with the Avalanche. And as luck would have it, this was the game he came back in. But you knew that, you are a hockey fan, and you could not avoid Foppa-fever (I said it first!) in the media. In his debut, Forsberg was quite the puck-handler, even if he was a little slower than he used to be. Then again, what did you expect? He also got three shots on goal, had three take-aways, and was quite creative with the puck. He skated with his old teammates, Sakic and Hejduk, all night, since they might know what to expect from him. And things clicked well. There was a creativity to the play that has been missing for a few seasons, and even when it didn’t work out, it was exciting to watch. He didn’t really know where to be on the power play, but that may not be a bad thing, since the power play has been crap for quite a while. One of the things I’m not sure you could see on TV, but could see from the cheap seats, was how much room the opposition would give him when he had the puck. He still has talent, and the Canucks knew it. And he got a little scrappy.

Pictures from the night. I told you I was in the cheap seats. Except they weren’t that cheap. I even asked at the box office if there were any sight obstructions. I didn’t really get an answer. I got my answer as soon as I sat down.

It got scrappy right off the bat. 5 for fighting each, even if it was only worth 3 and a half.

Hey, who’s that guy? The one on the right?

Theodore took a knee to the head in the second period, but stayed in net for the rest of the game. It was looking like a bad string of injuries for a moment there.

Here is the jumbotron message of the night.

All this because they couldn’t play Kansas.

Hey, the good guys won!!!!

It was an on the edge of your seat finish, but two points, even by the hair of the chin, even with a few posts coming to the rescue, are still two points for the Avs, and none for the Canucks. All in all, a good game.