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
Things are good right now and I know they are going to get better. I don't have an exact timetable right now but things seem to be moving in the right direction.
My focus is to get the surgery under my belt so I can prepare myself to play next year. Retiring has never entered my mind.
I can honestly say there isn't a guy in the dressing room who doesn't respect Pat.
We know that we can do it. In the last couple of games, we might have lost our confidence in moving the puck, making our shots and our passing wasn't as precise as it might have been in the past,
You have to dream dreams to live dreams.
It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.
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.
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.
I look forward to proving something to myself and others.
There's always risk. But I'm going to come in and play hard. I want to come in and contribute.
Right now I'm happy to be on the ice anywhere, anytime.
I had great representatives looking out for my best interests and safety. They just happened to be my parents.
I might have practiced stick-handling with my head up a bit more.
We were joking in the dressing room that we only put out two lines (in Atlanta) so the rest of us should have a lot of energy,