Filip Forsberg Keeps Breaking Predators Records
For years we've been waiting for Filip Forsberg to take the next level up to NHL elite territory. He's always been good and a respectable NHL winger from his rookie season in 2014-15 when he finished with 63 points and 4th in the Calder Trophy voting.
However, 2023 has really been the year of Forsberg having something to prove. That his 8-year mega deal signed in 2022 wasn't a mistake, and that he does belong on the Predators' Mount Rushmore of players with Pekka Rinne and Shea Weber.
Forsberg already has the franchise all-time goals lead, and keeps padding that record. He's up to 257 career goals, which is 47 past David Legwand in 2nd place. He recently surpassed Legwand on another all-time list with his 10th and 11th overtime goals.
This is the year that Forsberg can say he has arrived into a new stratosphere of NHL wingers. He's currently on pace for 91 points over an 82-game slate. That would come up just shy of Roman Josi's single season record of 96 points.
What is most impressive is this is all coming off a concussion that ended his 2022-23 campaign prematurely in February, and being unclear how much rust would be involved with new linemates and a new head coach.