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In case you didn’t know, the 2007-08 NHL hockey season have it’s trading deadline too just like the NBA. And before that league’s deadline passed Monday, the Colorado Avalanche just signed one of their stars back.

Peter Forsberg agreed to a $5 million, one-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche to make his return to the team where he won two Stanley Cup titles with before parting ways after the 2004-05 NHL lockout season.

‘’There were no hard feelings,'’ Peter Forsberg said of his departure from the Avalanche a few years ago due to salary-cap reasons. ‘’We went our separate ways as good friends.'’

With 19 more games to play in the regular season, the Colorado Avalanche are hoping that Peter Forsberg can help them get back to the playoffs. The Avalanche are currently four points out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

‘’It’s a real good lineup,'’ Forsberg said. ‘’When everyone gets back, hopefully we can show we have a really good team and have a shot at going far.'’

‘’We believe that Peter can still be a premier player in this league and hopefully everything will work out great,'’ Colorado Avalanche executive vice president and general manager Francois Giguere said in a conference call. ‘’We’re very excited Peter agreed to come back.'’

Aside from winning two Stanley Cup titles for Colorado, he also won the 2003 NHL most Valuable Player of the Year award, scoring 29 goals and dishing out 77 assists.

‘’I feel good,'’ Forsberg said. ‘’I'm confident that it’s going to be good.'’

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