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Originally Posted by keenan87
I assume he was 6-7 years old. Amazing analytical skills for such a young age!
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Lol. I was closer to 10. Still, he was memorable even then. And I have re-watched games from those playoff series against the Sharks and Blackhawks, they're readily available online. What I remember about Forbort is just how frequently he lost coverage of his guys in his own zone.
That was all Anders Eriksson seemed to do in the d-zone and it constantly came back to bite the Flames in the 2008 first round, with his giveaway and lost coverage leading up to Setoguchi's GTG in Game 7 and a similar play resulting in Pavelski's 4-2 goal. And yet he was constantly out there even late in the third, much like how Forbort was relied upon to PK and tandem with Giordano late. He averaged over 15 minutes a night at even strength!