Why haven't we seen another Eric Lindros?

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Bringing him down?
Posters on here are saying he would easily win the Ross year in and year out in this era, and I call bullshit. He's not even remotely on McDavids level.

What you linked to:

If Lindros was in today's NHL, he would be up there with McDavid, MacKinnon, and Kucherov for Hart/Art Ross easily.

So one post that doesn't even mean what you claim it to mean. As I expected. Bullshit on your part.
 

Warh1ppy

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We're probably only a decade or so away from the next Great one.

A player who is 6 foot 5, 225 pounds entering the league with speed like McDavid a shot like Ovi and smart leadership like Crosby.

Eventually someone like that (Lemieux) will turn up in the draft.

The reason we don't see more potential like that though is the cost of the game for kids and what it takes to even be able to play at a level that will get a kid noticed.

But that's an entirely other thread.
 

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His talents/advantages aren't really as much of an asset in today's game, so even guys with size don't really play that game. A bit like Jagr and even Sundin, what made them special offensively is bouncing off checks and scoring while players were draped over their backs.
 

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Wasn’t Ovechkin’s first 5-10 years basically very Lindros-esque? He may not have been as “mean” but he absolutely crushed people every 3 minutes while skating like the wind, dangling everyone, ripping shots from all over the zone, generating tons of breakaways, etc. He wasn’t the player he is today, but it seems like that’s all most posters remember. Which is also ironic since we can’t remember Ovie’s prime accurately but we can wax nostalgic over players who have been out of the league for decades
No not even close to being the same player
 

sensfan4lifee

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Bringing him down?
Posters on here are saying he would easily win the Ross year in and year out in this era, and I call bullshit. He's not even remotely on McDavids level.

McDavid is transcendent talent bordering taking his place in the big-4 if he can win a cup. Lindros was nowhere close to that.
This isn't about Mcdavid not every thread needs to be about how great Mcdavid is, its honestly annoying, and no he's not going to join the big 4 if he wins a cup, he will become the 5th best player at most but I'm not getting into that its about Lindros, not Mcdavid.
 

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Wasn’t Ovechkin’s first 5-10 years basically very Lindros-esque? He may not have been as “mean” but he absolutely crushed people every 3 minutes while skating like the wind, dangling everyone, ripping shots from all over the zone, generating tons of breakaways, etc. He wasn’t the player he is today, but it seems like that’s all most posters remember. Which is also ironic since we can’t remember Ovie’s prime accurately but we can wax nostalgic over players who have been out of the league for decades.

There was a lot more drama when Lindros played then OV, mainly because Lindros went over the line in an era that still believed in goons and retribution which dispite all of that, didn't stop the way he played ( until Stevens got him, of course ). OV still had his giants and goons to deal with but that was around the time retribution was starting to get cracked down on because of the Bertuzzi incident a couple of years prior. He also wasn't looked at as a fighter while Lindros fought more than your average star point producer.
 
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Staniowski

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We haven't seen another Lindros because he was really, really good. There wasn't a Lindros before Lindros either.

He was one of the very best scorers in the history of hockey, both an elite goal-scorer and an elite passer...and he could really skate, and was aggressive. He was very skilled and nifty for a big guy.
 

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He was amazing. He really was. No shade.

He wasn't the exact player this post is making him out to be. He's not generational but he was absolutely elite.
 

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