Former Colorado Avalanche superstar Peter Forsberg wants to play for the Washington Capitals, and the Capitals want him.  Forsberg scored the overtime game-winner today for MoDo of the Swedish Elite league, in his second game of his comeback attempt to the NHL.  About 15 NHL scouts were in attendance for the game and all of them were drooling when they saw him fly up and down the ice.  One of the scouts says that it was the best Forsberg had looked in the last 5 years.  Forsberg was dominating the play and he didn’ t get much ice-time, only some box-play and some regular five-on-five, yet the assist on the first goal was pure Forsberg.  It cut through the ice, through two opponents to a team-mate with an open net.  If they would have played him on the powerplay the scoreline could have been a lot different.  But he was a menace out there, a constant threat, he even had a brawl with ex-San Jose Shark Marcus Ragnarsson.  All the experts in Sweden were stunned.  The old Forsberg is back.  A line with Forsberg, Alex Ovechkin and Mike Knuble could be unstoppable.  This is definitely a scenario that the Caps would like to see happen.

Capitals netminder Semyon Varlamov was neck and neck with Michal Neuvirth for the backup position to Cristobal Huet, but it now looks like he’s going to start the season with the big squad.  Varlamov was a sensation in net during last seasons playoff run.

Boston Bruins forward Marc Savard will be highly sought after next offseason when his contract is up, and the Toronto Maple Leafs might be one team that swoops in to grab him.  The Bruins may not have the cap room to sign Savard next offseason, especially if they choose to extend some of their other free agents.  So Toronto may try to reunited Savard with Phil Kessel.  Savard however has said he likes it in Boston, so we’ll have to see how this one plays out.  This could be one of the reasons that the bruins may extend an offer to Ilya Kovalchuk.

After all the time Dany Heatley said he didn’t want the Senators, the team might finally be saying the same thing back.  The Sens are saying they don’t want him in camp and that could change the way negotiations have gone.  It’s going to be a total circus if Heatley shows up at camp.  Not for the players, Heatley will be the only one who has to deal with it on a daily basis.  So, without camp, Heatley might have an even smaller role — quite an ironic twist of fate.

The Dany Heatley to San Jose Sharks speculation picked up steam in a hurry after Sharks general manager Doug Wilson dumped US$4.66-million in salary by trading defencemen Christian Erhoff and Brad Lukowich to the Vancouver Canucks for prospects Patrick White and Daniel Rahimi, Wilson suggested the door was open for more trades.  Heatley has been linked to the Sharks in trade talks all summer, but they could not take on his salary because they were too close to the salary cap of US$56.7-million.  After yesterday’s trade, the Sharks have committed about US$51.5-million in cap space for next season. Heatley’s cap hit of US$7.5-million would still put San Jose over the limit, but it would be more manageable to send the difference of US$2.3-million in salary back to Ottawa in a trade.

The Sharks are also believed to have an interest in forward Phil Kessel, who has yet to resign with the Boston Bruins after becoming a restricted free agent.  Kessel has reached an impasse with the Boston Bruins.  Kessel feels like he’s worth star money and the Bruins don’t feel that he is that player.  They’re yet to be convinced that Kessel could carry a team on his own so hence the trade rumors.

Peter Forsberg was back on the ice on Thursday night in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. The 36-year-old Swedish superstar has been practising with Modo of the Swedish Elite League and Thursday he played a preseason game for his club in a 2-1 win over Geneva.  The former NHL most valuable player has also been named to Sweden’s preliminary Olympic roster of 68 players.  He has been plagued with persistent foot problems the last few years and has not played in the NHL since the 2007-08 season. In 706 career games , Forsberg has scored 249 goals and 636 assists.  Forsberg has said that if he is healthy all year he will attempt to make a NHL comeback.  If he has any kind of setback this year regarding injuries then we will not see Forsberg play in North America competitively ever again.  I for one think that he is an awesome force when healthy and would love to see him lace up his skates in the NHL once again.