Why haven't we seen another Eric Lindros?

[AppreciateHockey]

Lindros was a unicorn, plain and simple. A fantasy player you only get to build in video games. He just lacked certain fundamentals and a proper sense of taking care of his body. He probably felt invincible because of his frame and stature and that did him in. He is the NHL's Titanic story. Deemed unsinkable but before his career was well underway it was already sinking.

Edit: Also fastest to 500 points after Gretzky, Lemieux, Stastny and Bossy. Faster than Crosby, McDavid and Ovi. Nothing to scoff at and paints a different picture than just points finishes.

 

[Toby91ca]

LMFAO AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

HAHAHAHAHA AH AHHAHAHAHA AHHAAH (Oh god let me catch my breath) HAGHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH


Dude ALWAYS skated with his head down


That Stevens hit was the 4th concussion THAT YEAR from skating with his head down.
Dude spends the entire game staring at his laces and skating into open ice:

Generational My ass. Generational at getting knocked the f*** out maybe.
Kasperitis


Gill


Pilon


Doig


Lindros injures himself:


Jovonovski:




And It's not like that Scott Stevens hit came out of nowhere. They had a LOT of history and bad blood between them. A LOT of history.

Here's the headbutt that predated Lindros getting demolished:


If you do that to GREATEST hitter in NHL history with a reputation for absolutely demolishing players cutting across the middle, Lindros needed to be aware Stevens was hunting him.


No.. This dumb as bricks player who stared at his skates is not anything close to being a "generational" player. I don;t know where he got this reputation as some unstoppable force, or better than today's players, but no. He was not as good as anyone here seems to recall.

I watched a few of those clips, the Pilon hip check on Lindros was pathetic. I think the last time Lindros was near the puck was before it even got to the red line and he was hit at or inside the blue line trying to get by him to chase the puck that was down near the hash marks at that point.

There was a comment in one of the videos that was strange too.....mentions that Lindros, when he criticized the doctors was only thinking of himself and not the team....huh?

 

[AvroArrow]

Cool, no one made the comparison.

I genuinely don't know why you're so triggered lol, you're mistaken if you think I was attacking you or your question

 

[Craig Ludwig]

I rmemeber him not being dominant enough to ever win it all. To get his ass kicked by multiple nhl'ers, and not staying loyal to his team not once, not twice, but at least three times. This guy was a jackass and never belongs in the HHOF.

Boring response, he never won it all.... Iginla never won it all, neither did Joe Thornton or Marcel Dionne, just off the top of my head. Keep hating if it makes you feel better...