On the same weekend Peter Forsberg is being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, fellow Swede Borje Salming was welcomed into Legends Row with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Nice symmetry there.

Borje Salming is honored in a ceremony on Nov. 11. Getty Images. From 1974-75 — Salming’s sophomore season — through 1979-80, the Swede was the only defenseman to be named either first-team ...

He played 1,148 regular-season games and posted 637 assists and 787 points, and if it weren’t for him, elite Swedish players such as Nicklas Lidstrom and Peter Forsberg might never have embarked ...

During the Hockey Hall of Fame induction weekend, legendary Toronto Maple Leafs' defenceman Borje Salming gave everyone an extra reason to smile. When asked about fellow Swede, Peter Forsberg, who ...