Eric Lindros Sets Record Straight On Decision To Not Play For Quebec | Home Team Heroes
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Eric Lindros sits down with Tara Slone to discuss the situation with the Quebec Nordiques, the trade to the Philadelphia Flyers and much more.
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Him refusing to play there was the best thing that could have happened to Colorado
@ a guy named Peter Forsberg
@@blairrogers3450 wait so he was traded for Peter Forsberg? If so, who was better?
@ Honestly Lindros was the better player but Forsberg had the better career. But it wasnt just forsberg. There was a few pieces in that trade that were big reasond the Avs won the cup. That and getting Patrick Roy for next to nothing from montreal.
No way lindros was better. Skating with your head up is a required skill to be a better player
I don't know, Lindros, Sakic, Nolan, Sundin and Kamensky on the same team wouldn't be too shabby.
He was a guest instructor at a hockey camp I attended in Guelph, Ontario in 94. He was really cool and genuinely wanted to be there and teach. He went to Center ice, got on one knee and asked us which Post we wanted him to hit with his shot, and he’d hit it exactly where we told him too. Fun guy.
Cool story, bro. Honestly. The uSe of CaPitaliSm just throws me off. Let's just agree he's a fungi.
LamE, wish I could say nice try bUt I cAnt’t.
Becoming an instant nobody can do that to an egomaniac.
CENTRE ice!!! CENTRE!!!!
@@jimmybonez8928
Spelling police. Worse than meter maids.
Eric was the complete package. Best power forward of all time in fact. For an unfortunately short period of time due to concussions, he was better than anyone before him or anyone since. He could hit like Pronger, score like Gretzky, pass like Oates and fight like Grimson.
Cam Neely
The numbers simply do not back up your claims, though he was an undeniably great player, of course.
Gordon Howe was the best power forward of all time.
Did you forget about Gordie Howe?
@@Dr.Acula76 Lindros was the player that Bruins fans think Neely was. Don't get me wrong, Neely was great, but all of the things people remember Neely being great for, Lindros did better.
Kudos to Joe Sakic to play for the Quebec Nordiques and he was very humble over it. As a result, he was rewarded by two Stanley Cups in Colorado.
And 3rd as a GM. The man is one of the best at his role
And P. Forsberg
Eric should have played for Nordiques he wood have been treated like a king,and soon wood have had a couple of Stanley cups with Colorado,and he should have played with his head up, wood have seen trouble coming.🤔🏒👍
yes and cry baby Eric got NO cups which is what he deserved
@@joeshark8000 If Lindros played for the Nordiques, they probably wouldn't have moved to Colorado
He did same with Soo Greyhounds in the OHL prior; they went on to win Memorial Cup just like Colorado did winning Stanley Cup in 1996. Hounds got great trades from Oshawa to stack the team in exchange for Lindros refusing to play in the Soo.
Patrick Roy demanding a trade was what got Colorado the cup in 1996.
@@mattgrant57 Matt the Lindros trade was probably the largest gift in the history of the NHL. Yes Roy was integral in the cup wins, but how did Colorado acquire the best goalie in the NHL (hint... Lindros)
Colorado acquired Patrick Roy in a trade for Jocelyn Thibault ( 1st round draft pick from EL). Also acquired Peter Forsberg, Mike Ricci, Ron Hextall, Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, future considerations -which eventually became Chris Simon, an additional first-round draft picks, and $15 million (helps pay Roy salary).
Roy likely does not go to Col without the Lindros trade.
@@steamcarecc Thank you for the refresher...I was in high school when all of this went down. I lived through it. But your points are very valid. Quebec was doomed until this happened. I watched all of their games in french on TQS when I was a kid in Cole Harbour and often ventured into Halifax to watch the Nords farm team play...the Citadels! :)
@@mattgrant57 Cole Harbour, Matt you have hockey in your blood!
@@steamcarecc lol you're a joke if you think the primary piece coming back was Thibault. Whoever the goalie was at the time of the Roy trade in Colorado would have gone back the other way. Pay Roy Salary? what? there was no cap back then and COMSAT Entertainment Group doesn't relocate to Colorado if they didn't have money. Considering the 15 million went to the previous owner and not the Comsat group. Ruchinsky was the primary piece coming back the other way, considering Roy was never coming back to play for the Habs.
I looked upon Eric unfavourably back then, even though I was (still am), a Whalers fan and had no skin in the game. I see his point though now that time has passed and appreciate all he did for the game. Seems like a good man.
Best thing to happen to the franchise. It relocated to a bigger more lucrative market and they won 2 cups for a big part thanks to the trade!
Terrible interview, he says "I didn't want to play for that owner".
Okay, so WHY did you not want to play for that owner?
It's a simple follow up question.
yes, a softball reporter. .... " eric, you don't even want to call him by his name, what did he do to you? " Hard news, soft , sports, weather if this is her style she's not a very good. First hearing the comments here about the ME TOO side of Aubut.
You're right. She went soft on him.
he prob told her prior to the interview it was off limits and would not answer either way.
In 1991, I had assumed Lindros believed that Aubut could not be trusted and he was either going to pack up shop and move the franchise to the US, or he was going to sell the team, in which case the new owner(s) would then relocate the team. That was my take of the situation. Eric did not get into specifics - as was his want - and because of that he was crucified in the media, particularly as it came just a few years after refusing to play for the Sault in the OHL.
Lindros probably told her (Tara Stone) prior to the interview that the reason was Aubut and he was not going to say anything more than that.
I think she was actually respectful, unlike many interviewers that push and push. Pretty sure there were ground rules set before it happened. He didn’t have to go into particulars, he made his choice for apparently good reasons. Someone above mentioned there were quite a bit? of things that came out about that owner that were less than “honourable “ we’ll say. So I guess he got the heads up and said no way. But it’s easy for media to twist things around and make Eric out to be the bad guy in all of it. We’ve all seen it before in one way or another.
Always loved the way you played. I , like you was born London Ontario, and I grew up in The GTA. I saw you play when you were 14-15 yrs old and I knew you were going to be a 🌟 in the NHL. You could level people like a Mac Truck you could skate fast & you have good hands. People were always trying to get you with checks when you couldn't see them coming, probably getting you back for a clean hard check. I was happy you were on my team (Maple Leafs) to bad it was at the end before Dallas , The Leafs & Flyers have been my 2 top teams since I was knee high to a grasshopper. It was good to watch you play. Eric your the man , thanks for your generosity to University Hospital, hoping to stop seeing great players careers end with concussions. Nice family you have bro , glad you got inducted into the HHOF. Cheers man you and your family stay safe.🍻🥂👍👍💪
Lindros didn't want to play for the Soo Greyhounds, either, so they traded him and won the Memorial Cup anyway in 1993!
Tbf, so did he in Oshawa
Michael David yeah this interview is total bs. He was young and he was controlled. He never showed up in the Sault and Quebec because his parents wanted him close to home and in big market cities.
@@thetruthhurts6652 Other players have done the exact thing. I recall Dave Gardner and Paul Reinhart refusing to go to Peterborough at different times in the 1970's, forcing trades to play in Toronto and Kitchener, respectively. Not the first time.
James Anthony Absolutely not the first time. Lindros was probably the biggest name to do so.
@@thetruthhurts6652 Yes, I can't remember a bigger name.
Given what came out about Marcel Aubut later with harassment in Hockey Canada, it gives Lindros' story a whole lot more credibility. He did not seem like a particularly good guy.
Do people in Canada relate this in any way to the 1983 NFL Draft with John Elway and the Baltimore Colts, except the Baltimore Colts (soon to be Indianapolis Colts) received the antithesis of equity the Nordiques got for Lindros?
I've been watching hockey for 30 years and never knew about Aubet being the reason. Always thought he just refused to play for that franchise. I gained some respect for him here.
@@gynandroidhead There are a lot of NFL fans in Canada, but the Elway affair and football in general doesn't have anything like the same cultural resonance, so the two aren't compared at all.
@@BloggerMusicMan Thank you very much for your reply. At least Quebec got a great return on the trade unlike Bob Irsay did with Denver!
@Marvin Santana I was a student at the University of Maryland when the Mayflower trucks went into action.
He didn't like the owner! You're welcome.
You're*
His mom was molested by the owner
A Dog Named Miley what?????
@@xavierbarralaga8044 yep, he sexually assaulted her at an event. They tried to expose him but it was basically a rich dudes PR firm against an average family.
A Dog Named Miley wow crazy
As a Nordique, Québécois, thanks for clearing things up. For a weird reason, I knew there was something odd about Aubut. Thanks for your honest answers. Respect
It's a load of bs.... it had nothing to do with the owner and everything to do with Quebec.
@@squirelly6175 Please elaborate, you got me curious
He did everything his Dad told him to do .... his Dad was a bigot and hated Quebec. He was the main reason Eric didn't play in Quebec.
Was his dad at his wedding?
Cuz he married a French Canadian.
Oops.
At the 1992 Winter Olympics in France, I ran across Eric when he attended the 3rd Place game between the USA/Czech Republic. I asked Eric at the time if he had been drafted by San Jose (#2 pick) would he have signed with them. It is almost 30 years later yet I will never forget his answer: "Yes, I just wanted to play some place that cared about winning."
😂 what did he win in philly ? Nothing ! The moron would have won the cup with Colorado 😂
@@gargouenzene Maybe not! Knowing all Philly had to give up to acquire him and knowing the Avs would have had to give up a lot, too - maybe the Avs don't win the Cup if they acquire Lindros
Well I'm glad Quebec got Forsberg, in my book Peter was the better player but too bad Colorado was the team to enjoy the 2 cup stanley
Montreal would have never traded Patrick Roy to the Nordique, so Quebec wouldn't have win a cup either way.
@@sam93931 yeah, but they did, and the Avs won.
@@MarquisdeSuave no they didn't?!Colorado won the cup with an excellent trade with Montreal that got them their star player. Quebec did nothing of that.
At 100% healthy and in their Prime Lindros was head and shoulders above Forsberg!
Disagree heavily, Lindros was better
Actually, Bonnie made the decision!
People in Quebec thought that Lindros didn't like French speakers and their culture, which is totally false. He married Kina Lamarche (French name) in Montreal. We judged him without knowing the real reason. His mother was sexually harassed by Marcel Aubut, the owner of the Nordiques. Aubut has been in court for other cases of harassment by other women. When Lindros came on the french show Everybody talk about it, a lot of people changed their minds about Eric Lindros. He's a really good person and a really cool guy.
Any fans who believe that had the nords stayed in quebec they would have won the cup because of the trade of Lindros need to ask themselves if they think that Montreal would have dealt Patrick Roy to the nords. There goes your cup.
Ur rite, habs would never trade roy to Nords
There goes both cups! You wouldn't have won anything with Jocelyn Thibault in net. Decent goaltender but not Patrick Roy, not by a Longshot!
Eric the rest of the world was on your side and agreed the Quebec market was too small and you play where you want. No need to explain a damn thing to anyone. It was amazing watching you play for who ever you played for. Toronto here ; )
Knowing what we know now about Marcel Aubut, I made my peace with Eric Lindros and gain lot of respect for him when he put the Nordiques jersey on TV. Quebec forgiveness I suppose ;)
J'ai été étonné de voir à quel point il comprenait bien le français. Il ne semblait avoir aucunes difficultés à suivre. I too, gain some respect following both interviews.
Good insight, missing one obvious question though. Why not play for Marcel “Abiu”?
Honestly never knew this, respects for Lindros for keeping his head and making a decision that he thought was right
What was the problem with the Quebec owner? Lindros never qualifies what the issue was, just that he wouldn't play for him.
great stuff tara
Will always like Lindros! Size, skill and talent....absolutely dominated ohl
Character is another main point with those 3. Arguably the most important one!
I don’t know. He could have said this then
Well he was only 18 and you can also tell he is a pretty private, sensitive person. I'm sure all the commotion that ensued was overwhelming and as he put it, unexpected.
yeah he did, the Nordiques owner had their family shut down in the media with his PR firm
He did. The issue was Aubut, and he mentioned him by name in 1991. The French press (some of them) jumped on this and accused him of being anti-French, etc.. He took a lot of heat.
@@jamesanthony5681 He did *NOT* say this then. Come on, now. They "shut down the media?" Who was he, Joseph Goebbels? Give me a break. Break out your tin foil hats!
does anyone know why he didn't want to play for marcel aubut? i looked at his wiki and it didn't mention any controversies (at least in 1991).
Whether you like the guy or not, watching him play hockey was a think of beauty. There's been less than handful of guys in history that had his combination of size, physicality, skill, agility. He put up huge numbers and his entire career was in the dead puck era. He was absolutely dominant.
Especially beautiful when Kasperaitus laid him out
The best thing Lindros could have done for the Nordiques was not play them. The franchise went on to become a juggernaut in hockey and the closest Lindros's Flyers got was being swept by the Red Wings in 97. Lindros may have been huge, but I think his genetics were not built to absorb the punishment of a physical game like hockey. The Stevens hit is famous for ending Lindros's career, but Lindros had an entire career full of concussion issues. If that hit by Stevens didn't end his career, it wouldn't have been very long before a different hit by another player did. Lindros's brother also had a shortened career plagued by concussion issues. Some peoples bodies are just more prone to injury due to genetics while others are built like tanks.
Quebec won that trade so bad lol
joesakic70 you mean Colorado.
@@srouji6 says the iraqi haha there's a reason your people are on their knees begging to leave the Middle East
Yeah except they robbed from success. Avs fans were pretty spoiled
And the Rangers? Avoided getting shafted?
@Dee Gee
Because Colorado won a cup?
Such a nice, genuine man.
Now I got it.. Thank you for clarifying 30 years of garbage. I'm a person who work with customers, maintenance services, and I always decide to whom I'm gonna offer my service to. Lindros, respect man.
Did Scott Stevens ask for an autograph?
Legion of Doom...God, I miss those days
Great interview! Short but sweet!
"I must not have explained myself very well". Yep, and you still haven't. You don't have to be a PR firm to explain what exactly made you refuse to play for that one particular person, given that it essentially never ever happens.
He just didn't want to say his mom didn't want him playing there and she may not have explained it to him very well !!
Ever thought that its personal to him and he wants to keep it that way. We dont need to know every single thing about an athletes. This isn't TMZ. Its sports
@@clos6613 Which is fine. Just don't say you're explaining yourself and then not explain yourself...
@@srcodling he did. He said he didn't want to play for that owner. Respect a person's privacy and move on with ur life
Are you allowed to choose your employer?
Why didnt he want to play for that owner?
The guy was an ass. He recently resigned from the Canadian Olympic committee due to sexual assault charges from 3 different women. The guy also the spun it and wrote it so people attacked lindros' family.
@@srouji6 just wait and see how your people are gonna be doing in 10 years...
Honestly though who cares anyway? Lindros refusing to play in Quebec ended up letting the franchise all be it relocated win 2 Stanley Cups with players acquired from Philly namely Forsberg and Ricci being key contributors! It’s not Eric’s fault they couldn’t keep the team in Quebec!
Class act all the way! Great decision then and great decision all these years later.
Nordiques made an inappropriate pass at Mrs Lindros right in front of Eric's dad.
Young eric found and said no thanks to the owner when drafted later.
I believe it's a matter of whether you think the players have the right to do something like that. I'm torn because I believe in people making decisions that are good for themselves, but the system in the NHL makes it that thinking only about yourself will hurt the other entities involved. In the end I think I like it how it is, if you declare for the NHL draft you play by their rules.
Nathaniel Root He didn’t break any rules. A team holds your rights for two years. If you don’t sign you re-enter the draft. Quebec chose to cash in and move him in a huge deal.
@@chrisdurling9002 because of the pressure he applied. Wouldn't of happened if he was compliant.
It took gutz to do that.... good for him...
"That took guts. We need guts. I'm promoting you."
Who else could have made such a immense contribution to Team Canada at the age of 18. No one else. He intimidated the best hockey players on the planet before he was legally able to consume alcohol in Quebec
Take about a vague answer. If you don't want to work for someone and you can't even name him.
Still doesn't explain why you showed so little class when you were drafted.
In junior he was drafted by the Soo Greyhounds and would not play there either
Soo what.
Who gives a toss
Still crying in your beer there, Chucky Boy? Lol
He wanted to go to university
Don't blame Eric for not wanting to play for ole Marcel Abut,i wouldn't either,looked better in orange tha baby blue.
To me Eric Lindros, was the bravest and most powerful hockey player I have ever seen …. He was fearless and was FEARED by his opponents.…. He had balls…. He was like Gallagher but more powerful, brutal with more scoring …. In 1991 after being drafted by the Quebec Nordiques, Eric Lindros refused (he had warned Quebec at pre-draft interviews) to play for Quebec and demanded to be traded from his draft day on…. He was 6 foot five, 240-pound center with an undeniable tenacity, grit, fearless and a scoring touch …. He would administer 4 to 6 body checks per game. Check: UA-cam : ….Eric Lindros #88 - Highlights [HD]
In 1992 in order to acquire Eric Lindros from the Quebec Nordiques, the Philadelphia Flyers gave up: - $15 million + two first round draft picks + six players which ended up being - Peter Forsberg, Mike Ricci, Ron Hextall, Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, Chris Simon….
Lindros :- Fourth-fastest player in NHL history to score 300 points (210 games) behind Wayne Gretzky (159), Mario Lemieux (186) and Peter Šťastný (186) …
Lindros: - Fourth-fastest player in NHL history to score 400 points (277 games) behind Wayne Gretzky (197), Mario Lemieux (240) and Peter Šťastný (247) …
Lindros: - Fifth-fastest player in NHL history to score 500 points (352 games) behind Wayne Gretzky (234), Mario Lemieux (287), Peter Šťastný (322) and Mike Bossy (349) ….
Lindros: - Sixth-fastest player in NHL history to score 600 points
He got wrecked by much smaller players too often for someone his size. Konstantinov and Kasparitus crushed him a few times each.
@@justawinddown You win 96 and lose 4. No one is perfect.
And he did it in the dead puck era of the 90s
@@theskidders471 Whatever, that means. Let us envision that this Monday Lindros was 25 years old. That us envision that he is traded to someone. Whoever lands him will reach the cup final. Think of Boston, Washington, Tampa, St Louis, Colorado. Whoever of the above has him, reaches the final.
@Dee Gee forsberg won cups
Lindros didn’t hate the nordiques. He just hated their owner. If he hated the nordiques, he wouldn’t have put on the jersey in that scene right near the end.
He refused to play because Scott Stevens said “No”.
In the end it worked out great for him but better for the franchise since they went on to win 2 Cups as the Avalanche.
What did Guy Lafleur do? I don't recall his involvement.
Imagine if mcdavid demanded a trade from Edmonton..
Imagine if matthews demanded out of Toronto..
@@Mitch91PyroisB0SS he might play for a contender if that happened
Jack Lau look at his reaction when he lifts the cup as an Oiler. It’s going to happen. Try not to cry 😢 too much when this happens.
Chris Allen lol oilers are never winning another cup 😂 you guys have blown some many first over all picks it’s not even funny. That franchise is a joke.
@@chrisallen669 its not going to happen. Oilers are a pathetic franchise proven time and time again.
Lindros made a good decision!
Great interviewer
Flyers-fans from sweden here. We love you Big Eric. A true Flyer-legend, back when we had a captain who was tough and hard. I like claude giroux but he hasnt been so good as a captain.
Breaking news: Eric Lindros sets straight that he does not possess a Stanley Cup ring.
Yeah so, alot of players don't have Stanley Cup rings. Another idiot that thinks he is anti francophone
:(
As a lifelong NHL fan....54yrs old born in southern ONt Canada...I had strong opinions that Eric should have went to the Soo n then quebec at the time..now I'm older n see things differently I don't blame him....our junior is very close to NCAA....people making money on backs of kids dreaming of the big time...as for the pro leagues? How many times has an owner dealt a great loyal player for financial reasons....I think we as fans look at it like we would play for anyone anytime...but it's the athletes life work..they see it differently and rightly so IMO
Who cares why you didnt go to quebec, shouldve asked why he couldnt skate with his head up.
lol
Now I am wondering why he refused to play for the Soo Greyhounds... 😁
@@jaikarchatha1967 Learn to spell, jackass. If it was good for Gretzky and Joe Thornton, it ought to be good for Lindros
He said he wanted to pursue academics in the Southern Ontario region since there wasn't a university in the Sault Ste. Marie
He was the best to ever wear the Orange and Black. My all-time favorite Flyer ever. I hated the way Bobby Clarke treated him with his injuries, especially with how much damage concussions do to the human brain. It was such a shame to see him leave.
Flyers gave away so much for a HOF player ! Take out Peter the great and I pull the trade off again !
I mean, who tf wants to play in Quebec City lmao
Quebec city is a nice city. Much rather live there than philly.
>''who (enjoyed) playing @ QC?'':
-joe sakic
-mike ricci
-adam foote
-owen nolan
-mats sundin
-peter forsberg
-peter stastny
-michel goulet
-jc tremblay
-guy lafleur
-curtis leschyshyn
-martin rucinsky
-jocelyn thibault
-ron hextall
Black Label 💩 💩 💩
Sooooo did he get molested by him or something? Someone tell me...
His mom did
If the league hadn't deviated from awarding the #1 pick to an expansion franchise, as they did that year, he would have been drafted by the Sharks & there would have been no controversy.
I don't believe Lindros. I think he had an anti-Quebec bias, He was a selfish child that always got his way. Where is his explanation for not playing in Sault Ste.Marie
He mentioned Aubut by name on more than one occasion when he got drafted in 1991. The issue was Marcel Aubut. At the time I thought his reason was that he believed Aubut could not be trusted and was going to pack up shop and sell or move the franchise out of Quebec. Well, what happened there?
His explanation for not playing in the Sault? He had leverage. He was the best young prospect since Mario, and for a 16 year old kid raised and living in Toronto, the Sault is 7 1/2 hours away, whereas Oshawa is only a 1/2 hour drive. Where would you go? Eric Lndros was NOT the first player who refused to go to the OHL team that drafted him. I recall Dave Gardner and Paul Reinhart both refused to play in Peterborough back in the 1970's. I'm sure there were others.
Lové your décision now,,,done thé same for thé same reasons
Think it was touching that he was given the Quebec sweater. I'm sure it meant a lot to him.
He regrets it’s now because if he would of stayed with Quebec good possibility he would have a ring with Colorado was definitely a baby.
I don't think Quebec/Colorado gets that cup without the lindros trade. Foresberg Ricci Duchesne Huffman Hextall Thibault Simon Baumgartner $15 cash. Thibault and Racinsky gets them Roy and Keane, Hextall gets them Adam Deadmarsh.
Deadmarsh Ricci Keane Foresberg Roy were pinnacle pieces in that 1996 cup. And of course Sakic who was drafted by the nordiques. And they traded owen Nolan for sandisk ozolinsh another big piece.
You have to ask could Sakic, Lindros, nolan, and Stephane fiset have won you that cup? I don't think so. They won that cup because of the depth that came from the trade.
hey bone head the only reason they got that ring was that trade
Lindros cost Philly a cup
Goon Hayes you win. Dumb comment of the day 👍
arcticmonkey3 THANK YOU.
was going to watch this then I saw Old white privilege Ron and I couldn't do it
He is one of the greatest player in his time... But because of arrogance saying "the team doesn't have a winning spirit or mindset"... Yes, he ended up in the hall of fame but his name was never written in the Stanley Cup which is ironic... And he never won a Stanley Cup... Now he is getting old, he is changing his tone and words 😂😂😂 karma drama 😂
Gained some major respect for Lindros watching this.
Lindros was a one man wrecking crew and we loved every f****** minute of him here in Philly
Well, to be fair, Eli Manning & John Elway did something similar to Lindros in the NFL and nobody threw them underneath the bus....
Philip rivers made people forget about Eli and Baltimore hates elway so there's always pros and cons.philly and avs had good run.
There’s no love for Elway in Baltimore but nobody really cares anymore, I don’t think.
Hockey has more class then those sports
Yeah but for some reason hockey fans are very sensitive with the past and don't give second chances lol.
To be fairrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Forsberg and Lindros both had careers cut short or not full potential because of injuries. Both are hall of famers and in their own way were among or the most dominant players of their era at some point. Would Quebec/ Colorado won those cups if Lindros had played there? Who knows. I think Quebec/Colorado came out better for this whole ordeal but it's fun to speculate.
I'm a Flyers fan and I know that this trade made the Avalanche the team they were. I liked Lindros but in hindsight I would have rather had Forsberg but who knows how it would have went down had they played on different teams. You never know.
The trade was a key reason Colorado won it in 1996
Shame the concussions happened- I grew up watching the flyers and remember seeing Eric for the first time and being like JESUS this guy is huge!!!!
DARIUS KASPERITIS, KASPER
THE FRIENDLY PENGUIN, ERIC SKATING WITH THE PUCK & HIS HEAD & EYES DOWN , THE HIT ------
OUCH . ERIC , THE BIG GUY , A LOT OF HOCKEY TALENT , SHAME ON THOSE INJURIES, ERIC , STAY HEALTHY & STAY INVOLVED WITH ALL ASPESTS FOR HOCKEY !!!!!!!
yea he was big alright! but unfortunately he was definitely juicing.
as a kid during this time we did not care we loved watching him. We all pretended to be him during road hockey in the streets. You the man Eric, keep your head up big guy
Nobody I know pretended to be Lindros , nothing against Eric
@@mikezap61 For real lol we all played as Lemieux or Gretzky back then.
@@mikezap61 so cause no one "you knew" pretended to be him... That matters how? Just a truly insane lack of self awareness 😂
@@BaldHeadedManc I never said it matters . Nobody could ever reply to anything with your idiotic logic. Beat It Sister 🤪
I loved Scott Stevens as a kid.i got older, watched replays and realized he was crushing guys in the head who didn't have the puck
Tom Calvin yep
It was a different time. If he played today, in 2020, he wouldn’t have played like that. He understood what was legal and illegal
@@charleswilbur8765 very true, but he was still a very dirty player
Hahaha, great comment! (truth)
I just watched an old playoff game between the avs and the Oilers and everytime Miller was on the ice against Marchant, Marchant got a wicked elbow. He would just go to the bench and get stitched up on his face somewhere and keep playing. It's quite amazing how much the nhl has changed since 98
Absolute beast. Loved in philly. Will always have philly in his corner....and I knew back in 91 why he didn't want to play for Marcel...and the reasons were valid then and now.
Several years later, time would prove Lindros was right, as several allegations of sexual harrassment doomed Marcel Aubut's career.
Why , did he sexually harass Eric ?
@@thaturaniumguy Other than he looks like a diddler i dont know how he'd have that type of info . He didnt want to play in Quebec cause of all the endorsement $ he was gonna lose out on. Quebec City was the Siberia of the NHL , Like Hartford or Winterpeg
@@daveyboy_ Good for you
@@daveyboy_ No, not Eric, but I heard somewhere that Aubut made crass remarks about his mother. Take it with a grain of salt, cause my source is hearsay and not exactly credible.
@@daveyboy_ no the WHA fell apart. Look at the cities they picked, Hartford, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Look at the cities the NHL picked, Toronto, Montreal, New York,. Those are very major cities.
As a flyers fan I am happy that it worked out that he played for Philly. He shouldn't be hated or have ever been hated for his decision to not play for a team especially due to him not seeing eye to eye with the owner of the team. Not everyone gets along or will they never always agree with everything.
I think there was something more serious than not seeing eye-to-eye there, but yeah! My teenage years in Finland were pasted with Lindros posters and I'm seriously thinking would I trade Lindros for the Cup...
That's ridiculous. He should have been made to play for whoever. You can't pick and choose. He's a Wendy winer.
@@0canadiens81 Now THAT's ridiculous. You think the players are some kind of slaves with no agency of their own? Quebec held his contract for a season, making him miss the season and then agreed to a trade.
Such a great time in Flyers history, the Lindros teams. Always had suspect goaltending that let in soft goals at the worst times. But they had style.
I remember that goal Hextall let in against the Devils in game 5 of the 1995 CF. Game was tied (as well as the series) with a couple of minutes left and Claude Lemieux scored on a slapper from outside the blueline that beat Hextall down low close to his right skate. A goal that basically killed the Flyers that year. The Red Wings scored similar goals on Snow and Hextall during the 1997 Cup Finals.
And zero cups
Maybe, but Hextall was one of the most beloved Flyers, along with LeClair.
@@shanefelkel9966 all of us here in Hockeytown LOVED Hextall. Probably for different reasons tho…
@@burkzzy You don't win cups with goalies who post sub .900 save percentages and routinely give up horrendous goals at critical moments during playoffs.
Let’s be real he didn’t wanna play bc the owner was a pig who made a pass at his mother. People bash him but he made the right decision.
Ill take Peter Forsberg over Lindros, any day, any time.
Nope not in their Prime at 100% health. Lindros would have been in the same category as Gretzky Lemieux Richard etc
@@stormrider927 Gretzky is in his own category
Lindros was great before the concussions
@@stormrider927 Whoa! Eric was a physically dominant player, but Wayne and Mario are in separate categories, with Wayne getting the edge over Mario. And that's no disrespect to Mr. Lindros.
Lindros was in a league of his own when healthy. Never had the cast of Forsberg, and I'll take Sakic over Forsberg, also had the goaltending...
This is what happened in a nutshell. Marcel Aubut was a well known womanizer and he was blatantly hitting on Lindros` mom. Lindros, and rightfully so, said f u.
Interesting. Good to know. I was unaware of that.
Must be something worse... like sexual harassment. Cause for an 18 yo prospect to have the balls to call for a trade regardless it’s gotta be something like that.
Who needs enemies when you have friends like Ron Maclean?
Ron New Canada Mclean
Ok boomer
MoRiellyMoProblems that’s tolerant and progressive lol bigot
@@moriellymoproblems7842 so you're a Hillary guy
Glad I watched this. Didn't like him back then, but in hindsight it was more likely due to media spin on refusing to play for Nordiques. He seemed pretty genuine in this interview and did a good job explaining his position. Too bad it took so long.
Been to a lot of charity golf tournaments. Most NHL guys would ignore the people there and would just go drink beer at the bar and talk amongst themselves. Eric was the only guy I saw consistently that understood why he was there and would actively socialize with the regular people there. Also donated a lot of money to the Fowler Clinic. Once again showing that the media are liars. If I were him, I never would have sat down for an interview like this.
He should have just been honest about it from the get go in stating his dislike of Marcel Aubut. Rather than having to make up every excuse of not wanting to play in Quebec City.
Im glad he did the interview. Nothing wrong with setting the record straight, even if he didnt deserve to get dragged through the mud so hard. People today still rip on him when in reality he was one of the guys really trying to set the league in a better direction.
@@anthonys3631I don't know if you've heard this story but it goes that when Eric and his family went up to Quebec to meet with the Nordiques, Aubut reportedly made a vulgar sexual remark in French because he figured the Lindroses wouldn't understand what he was saying since they were Anglophones. However, Bonnie could speak French and understood every word. Obviously I wasn't in the room with them and neither was the person I heard it from, but I do think it lines up with why Eric has such an intense dislike of Aubut personally. Given the accusations of sexual harassment that Aubut has faced, I personally think there's credibility behind that.
@@lucashenderson2775 agreed and a thumbs up from me. As well Aubut had a deal done already with the Flyers but then went ahead and made deals with 3 other teams SMH! The Flyers were ticked off about it and said basically 'screw you, we had a deal done already". An arbitrator had to be assigned and ruled in the Flyers favor.
@@anthonys3631 Also, Carl Lindros didn't do himself any favors either but I also saw that a major reason he pushed Eric to demand a trade out of Quebec was because he had serious misgivings and suspicions about how Aubut did business. Unfortunately, he was right and the people of Quebec found out the hard way in the summer of 1995.
If the Flyers ever could've landed a goalie Lindros would have had multiple cups. He was freakin super man out there, and when things started to get chippy in a game, the Legion of Doom hit the ice and the other team started behaving. It was an incredible thing to see.
No they wouldn't have.
unless they were playing the devils
If the Flyers had Brodeur they would have had twice the cups the devils had
Except Detroit. Detroit just broke their backs and their faces and treated them like prison wives imo. Legion of Doom had no shot against the Bruise Brothers. Lindros always looked average against them, amirite?
@@tonym2513 Detroit beat Garth Snow and Ron Hextal. No great accomplishment there.
Soft ball questions lobbed in and he still isn't convincing. Why not go into how he blew up his career with the Flyers too?
When one now knows what kind of vile person Marcel Aubut is, everything now makes a lot of sense. As a Habs fan, I would have loved to see him play in Montreal even if it was for one season towards the end. Perhaps the truth would have come out a lot sooner if he did.
How was Aubut vile? I'm not disagreeing, just curious. This was the obvious follow-up question that the interviewer failed to ask Lindros.
@DrGalazkiewicz a manipulative, misogynistic and powerful lawyer. He had to resign as the president of the Canadian Olympic Committee because of sexual harassment to many women.
No excuse he should have played for the team he was drafted for
Must admit Eric was one of the few who refused to play for an owner.
Colorado got a Cup team for Lindros
Thanks to the habs... I'm pretty sure thilbault wouldn't have taken them there.
A Dog Named Miley, as much as I didn’t care for Roy back in the day, I agree.
Roy was great no doubt there
Not really. In Dec/95, Colorado got Patrick Roy from Montreal. How did THAT work out for the Avalanche?
@@adognamedmiley6848 And where did thilbault come from ? oh thats right the Lindros trade.
His decision not to play for an owner? Play for the team and take what you're given or at least try it out first
what a joke. sports journalists are generally a laughing stock but to call that an interview or eric setting the record straight is comical.
Care to elaborate...🤷
I call BS you dont come out after all these years and say its because I didn't want to play for that owner.Your parents and yourself decided you didn't want to play in Quebec because of Quebec being French. Dont BS us that's the truth and if that's how you and your family felt ,well so be it ,but you didn't have the balls to say it and apparently still dont now.
He said it was about the owner back then already, this isn't new
So many great players and great teams throughout nhl history. 99% of those teams,players do not win the Cup. Lindros throughout the years was worth the trade. So many amazing thrills watching him as a Flyer. No regrets, he was the best all around complete package ever!
He also didn’t report to the Greyhounds. Suppose you didn’t like their owner too. He was picky and didn’t want to go to either place just say that. If that makes you a whiner or baby then so be it
Growing up a Flyer's fan just walking distance to the arena, I obviously didn't care what his reasons were for not wanting to play for Quebec. I enjoyed his time here and only wish we could have won a cup with him.
I call BS on his excuse. Hes taking the easy route in this explanation. Cop out reasoning. The real reason was $$$, Its always the defining factor for everyone. Ended up being better for Quebec/Colorado in the end anyway. Forsberg, Kerry Huffman, Steve Duchesne, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, Ron Hextall, Adam Deadmarsh, Patrick Roy & 15 mil was a steal of a deal.
Thanks! Glad you got it done. Colorado Avs fan. What a softball interview. No follow up questions to some very vague answers.
It’s CBC , very delicate and full of agendas. If it doesn’t fit there political narrative they will bail out . I grew up watching and loving hockey night in Canada until the last 10 years they’ve turned into a rainbow flag liberal indoctrination program. Has nothing to do with the game . I will never watch nhl hockey again . I’m not a conservative ether . Politics do not belong in the game .
Although it may not of showed, but the players who doled out body checks to #88 were also getting severely injured and concussed.