Forsberg was voted to the playoff NHL All-Rookie Team for the 2014–15 season.ĭuring the 2015–16 season, Forsberg continued to surpass franchise milestones, recording two natural hat-tricks in a four-day span, the shortest time period between natural hat tricks since 1987–88. In the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, Forsberg became the youngest Nashville Predator to score a playoff goal in franchise history and also recorded the first playoff hat-trick in franchise history in the first round against the Chicago Blackhawks. On 22 January 2015, Forsberg was named to the 2015 NHL All-Star Game in Columbus, replacing the Pittsburgh Penguins' Evgeni Malkin, who pulled out of the game due to injury. He finished the 2013–14 season with five points (one goal and four assists) in 13 games played with the Predators, in addition to 34 points (15 goals and 19 assists) in 47 games with the Predators' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals.
Forsberg with Leksands IF in 2012įorsberg scored his first NHL goal on 8 October 2013 against Niklas Bäckström of the Minnesota Wild. With his Swedish season completed, Forsberg was recalled from his loan and made his NHL debut towards the end of the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season, becoming the third-youngest player to suit up for the Predators, in a 3–0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on 14 April 2013. On 3 April 2013, Forsberg was traded to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Martin Erat and Michael Latta. He again improved upon his season totals for the third consecutive year to finish with 33 points in 38 games to help Leksand gain promotion to return to the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) for the following season. Forsberg was returned to his former club, Leksands IF, on loan for the duration of the 2012–13 season.
On 13 July 2012, while attending his first Capitals development camp, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract. He was selected 11th overall in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals. In the final rankings of NHL Central Scouting, Forsberg was the highest-rated European-based forward available in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. At the World Juniors in Brno, he was also named Best Forward of the tournament. Playing career Early career įorsberg had standout performances at both the 2011 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in Břeclav, Czech Republic, and the World U18 Championships Tournament in Brno, Czech Republic, where he was a member of the silver-medal winning Sweden teams. Forsberg was selected by the Washington Capitals in the first round, 11th overall, of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
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I didn't talk to him much but he was up and moving, so that's good."įorsberg was at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday but was not on the ice for the team's practice.Forsberg with the Nashville Predators in 2017Ĭarl Filip Anton Forsberg ( pronounced born 13 August 1994) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). "I did see him in between periods just kind of sitting there. "You see the way he went down and some of his reactions afterward, it's always scary," Hynes said. The hit and Forsberg's initial reaction left Predators coach John Hynes' heart to skip a beat. He is the franchise's all-time leading goal scorer.
"I was just talking out there, making sure they knew someone was going to answer for that."įorsberg leads the Predators with 19 goals and is second in points with 42.įorsberg signed an eight-year, $68 million deal last summer. I'm always going to be a guy that's going to stick up for my teammates when they're in a little bit of a vulnerable position like that. "Finished a little bit hard on him," Jeannot said. Still, he said, he needed to defend Forsberg. Jeannot said he didn't see the play live, and knew it was a clean hit after watching a replay. Teammate Tanner Jeannot took up for Forsberg afterward when he fought Nicolas Deslauriers 13 seconds into the second period. The Nashville Predators said Sunday forward Filip Forsberg is day-to-day with an upper-body injury he suffered Saturday against the Philadelphia Flyers.įorsberg appeared to hit his head after being checked hard into the boards by 6-foot-4, 221-pound Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen in the final seconds of the first period.įorsberg was helped from the ice and did not return to what turned out to be a 2-1 overtime victory. View Gallery: Filip Forsberg: Nashville Predators forward in photos
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