I love former athletes who are as candid as Eric about sports and family - it's not a priority now. He has his health and family, he won in the long run.
With all that we know about concussions and what it does to players, it's simply amazing that Crosby with all his concussions is still able to do what he does knowing that he's not 100% (meaning, you can never be the same player you once were). That's why Crosby to me is still the best. I know what Eric means when he says that after the concussion(s) he was never the same. Lindros was going to be the Shaquille O'Neal of the NHL, the most dominant physical force ever to play the game and he was...but once you get concussed, you can never take risks anymore and everything changes in your brain, your mood, and passion for the game diminishes...just like it did for almost every other star player in history who has suffered major concussions.
Crosby has never been hit the way Lindros was by players like Scott Stevens. Lindros was taking hits to the head on another level compared to Crosby. A lot of players were never the same after taking hits from Scott Stevens including Paul Kariya.
@@SaintNektarios There's no way to really know because we can only measure it based on appearance, but look at every hockey player who has ever suffered multiple concussions, none of them ever played out a full and healthy career and all ended in a shameful demise in their performance and length. Crosby is the only guy who has suffered MULTIPLE concussions (4) and has still played at a very high level and if he stays healthy, looks like he'll be able to keep playing past 35. But the fact that he can still put up 90 points a year means that if he was never concussed and lost 20% of his self, he'd be putting up 120 points every year pretty much. He was so much better than everyone else that the concussions actually dropped him down to do only being one of the best today. Imagine that.
@Billy Hill while it's true some people can take a punch better than others, but when you get hit like that, there's no immunity to concussions. It's just a matter of luck more than genetics. You just hope and pray you don't end up in the wrong place at the wrong time, or some goon doesn't lay it on you without being responsible. People forget that Gretzky early in his career absolutely got laid out by Bill McCreary head first head down just like Stevens on Lindros, but miraculously the scrawny little 160 pound Gretzky somehow survived. Luck plays a bigger role than skill or genetics.
I just counted 54 seconds!! Started at 2:26 ended at 3:20!!!! I've rarely seen someone suck the life out of an interview quite like that. The guy should be fired.
@@TheBigMamao Not to mention that while he was asking his first question, Eric answered it, twice, and he kept going for another ten seconds. [Actually kind of shows why that whole crew is gone now.]
I’ve been to a lot of charity golf tournaments. Eric was one of the few NHLers who would socialize with the ‘commoners.’ Most NHL players would go straight to the bar and get shitfaced with the rest of the NHL players.
I dont know part of Eric’s game was bringing a bigness to the line he was on..whether it was running over guys off the faceoff circle or trucking people across the middle..part of his game would certainly lend him to be more chastized these days. Heavy hitters arent in the league anymore & its a shame, cause theres really no such thing as a “power forward” anymore & he reallyyyy brought the power in power forward.
@@abesoloman6932 he definitely wasn't even close to Ovechkin in scoring. The goalies were a joke back then so when you factor that in he is probably closer to Kreider.
Eric, I just wanna thank you for all the action in the 90s NHL, best years imo. You were the the best combination of mean skills I have ever seen. I learned to love the Flyers thanks to you. Im from Sweden
Had a tough time keeping his head up for a skater with the puck.. he’s been in some bone crushed hits .. that Scott Steve’s hit wow.. he definitely receive more than dished out . Was truly hated with fall out with Philadelphia Flyers . Yea they honored him but we should’ve kept Rod Brind’Amour and not him after the cheating scandal
With the removal of the red line, shorter shifts, and elimination of the clutching/grabbing/obstruction, these have certainly helped to made it a faster game.
I worked for a golf course he was and I believe still is, won't say the name of the course for privacy reasons.. But, Eric is honestly such an incredible person. He never ever talked down to anyone he was always smiling and cracking jokes no matter who the person(s) were., We were required to say hello Mr. (lastname) and every time he would say "Don't call me Mr. Lindros, call me Eric" now if that's not a legend.. I don't know what is.
I fully agree. Very insightful comments. Remember how he performed as an eighteen-year-old representing Canada, before he was even an NHL player? Wow, he gave us his head. Thank you
u realize Lindros rag dolled Stevens twice fights and he routinely ran him over. but people only remember 1 hit when Lindros probably wasn't in game shape
Fair play to him saying it’s not a priority, more people need to realise that they have their day and then other things especially children jump to the fore
as late as 2000, Lindros was fifth all-time in points per game behind only Gretsky, Lemieux, Bossy, and Orr. 1993-2000 - he was the most dominant force in the NHL
If you look at Gretzky he also held out he was supposed to get drafted by the Colorado Rockies in 79'. Lindros held out because Aubut was a pedophile and made his mom uncomfortable. Gretz holdout cause he wanted to win. You make the chose of who made the better decision I think Lindros did but that's just my morals.
Funny that my 2 favourite players of the 90's were Eric Lindros and Scott Stevens, still think the Kasperaitis hit and the Hal Gill hit did the damage though.
The Lindros Bros were both flakes. Both leave NHL after big $ because of headaches. Try not looking down at the puck.... little different than junior where you were 10x the size of other 16/17 yr olds. Stevens hit never gets old
@@ericw3229 I’m well aware of them getting swept. I believe that was the game I watched the night I stayed at your mom’s house. She made me feel better about the loss.
Why did no one put up the same numbers Gretzky did if scoring was so easy? Many superstars played in the same era with Gretzky, but no one except Mario achieved even half of what Wayne did. He is a The Great One for a reason.
Cause he was way better then anyone else in the 80s not best player ever don't care what any1 says could you imagine ovi or kane back in the 80 omg they would score every shift
Who is the best player ever then? It's Wayne or Mario. Both played in the same era. Ovi is great but Kane is 5'10 170 lbs. Kane won't last a minute in 80s brutal hockey. It's a death sentence for Kane to play in old manly NHL. Stevens will oblitirate him. He will spend the majority of his NHL career in hospitals if he played back in the days.
John Coffee never said it was a dirty hit. Back then they were clean hits. Best open ice hitter of all time imo. He’s in the HOF for a reason and that’s one of the reasons why.
Lindros is overrated. Plain and simple. He had one decent playoff, one hundred point season, zero 50 goal seasons, zero cups... He had HUGE hype and was really good for a few years but that's it. Mike Bossy played about the same amount of games, but was DOMINANT, before he hung em up. Orr played fewer games but accomplished 10 times more before his knees gave out. Lemieux kept battling back time and time again through injuries, cancer, back infection, etc. He played a few more games than Lindros but was a LEGEND before he hung up the skates. Lindros was feared mostly because of HYPE, and a few good seasons. I watched him play, he was dominant at times for a few years, but he never really DID anything. Hype that's really it
You're clueless if you believe that. The style Eric played was ferocious. He had one of the best point per game averages for his first nine years. Even after missing a year due to Stevens hit, he was 73 points in 72 games. He was a complete player in every sense. Tough. Productive. A two-way center. Lindros did it all. As for you throwing out Bossy, he was dominant no doubt. But he played right wing and had less responsibility. Just a pure finisher. It didn't hurt to play with Trottier. Bossy is one of the best finishers ever. It's hard to compare different players.
'Lindros was feared mostly because of HYPE?.' No. I saw Eric run Mark Messier into the boards and pasted his face up against the glass in his 1st or 2nd season. Lindros simply outmuscled Messier. And he did this to others. Not hype. Reality. As for zero cups, it takes a team of twenty (20) players to get a Stanley Cup. One player can't do it all. Who was the Marty Brodeur or Patrick Roy or Dominik Hasek in the nets for Philly? Who was their stud defenceman? 'Never really did anything?' He got 865 pts. in 760 games and a Hart Trophy. I'd say that's something
@@jamesanthony5681 Like u said , u cant do it by yourself. So with that i'd ask , who were his linemates? Leclair and Brind'Amor. Not bad eh ? He had a stacked Team Canada to lead , didn't do much there . The point is , his team choked in the playoffs.
