Eric Lindros
Eric Lindros
Eric Bryan Lindrosis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Lindros played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey Leaguefor the Oshawa Generals prior to being chosen first overall in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques. He refused to play for the Nordiques and was eventually traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in June 1992 in exchange for a package of players and draft picks including Peter Forsberg. During his OHL career, Lindros led the Generals to a Memorial...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth28 February 1973
CityLondon, Canada
CountryCanada
I look forward to proving something to myself and others.
I don't think you can run around and crash and bang quite the way that I might have done in the past.
I've been excited since I received a phone call from Paul Holmgren inviting me to represent the Flyers and Flyer fans at the alumni game of the Winter Classic weekend.
When you ask for the house, car, cat, dog and all the fish when you're dealing with a player who's got questions about his health, no GM in his right mind is going to say yes and offer to clean the aquarium, too.
People on the streets are ready for hockey.
It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.
You have to dream dreams to live dreams.