The Dallas Stars are the latest team to announce their desire to acquire Peter Forsberg, joining a list that seems to grow by the day.

Dallas Stars General Manager Doug Armstrong, and front office staffer Brett Hull, met the superstar forward in his native Sweden last weekend, in an effort to persuade him to play for the Stars.

Forsberg and his agent have made it clear that he will not entertain the notion of playing unless he feels he is physically able to. December has been a target date for such a decision to be made; whether it be continuing his NHL career or retirement.

Essentially, Forsberg will have quite the lot of suitors come that time, should he decide to play. Aside from Dallas, the Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators have all expressed serious interest in making him a part of their rosters. While Forsberg obviously wants to make sure he can play without discomfort or causing further injury, I think the December mark is also a good time to determine which teams are contenders, and which are pretenders. I doubt Forsberg will want to play for a team that doesn't have a legitimate shot at the Stanley Cup. I guess time will tell.

Quick Shave:
While it has got to be stomach turning to be a Leafs fan, they really do put on a great show. Let's face it Leafs, your club has no defense. No goalie would be able to weather the storm of shots generated from lack of .... ability on the blue line. However, you guys can score. The Toronto Maple Leafs had a great back and forth match with the Buffalo Sabres last night, which unfortunately for the Leafs, saw them on the losing end last night. The Sabres won the game in OT thanks to a bad clear by Toronto defenseman Bryan McCabe, who inadvertantly shot the puck into his own net past Andrew Raycroft. By the way, how cool is the way announce Joe Beninati says KILLLLLGER!!!! I was losing it last night, hoping he would get the hat trick. As long as the Vancouver Canucks play the Edmonton Oilers all season they will look like the best team in the NHL. Sadly for them, last night they faced the San Jose Sharks and surrendered the game 4-2. The Sharks got two quick goals in the third from Joe Pavelski (one of my fantasy picks.... lets pick it up Jo-Pav!) and Joey T. Cheechoo closed out the scoring and the game for the Sharks with his first of the year. The Anaheim Ducks defeated the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 last night on a 32 save performance by by goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov.

Your friend on ice,
Captain Bosh