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Mi. 07.11.07 - 13:29:07 Lexl    Registriert seit: Januar 2002 Posts: 10.922 Fan von: HC Pustertal |
www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=222278&hubname=nhl |
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Mi. 07.11.07 - 15:00:44 game_misconduct  Registriert seit: September 2003 Posts: 15.286 |
@Lexl
dann wollen wir hoffen, dass mckay ihn doch nochmal überreden kann eine saison anzuhängen   |
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Mi. 07.11.07 - 16:29:20Nosnbohrer Registriert seit: Oktober 2005 Posts: 3.658 Fan von: HC Eppan |
Eric Lindros gibt am Donnerstag sein Karriere-Ende bekannt
Medienberichten zufolge wird Eric Lindros am morgigen Donnerstag sein Karriere-Ende bekannt geben. Der 34-Jährige hat 13 Jahre in der NHL gespielt, dabei einmal die Hart Trophy gewonnen und war zweimal im All-Star-Team. Zuletzt hatte er immer mehr mit Verletzungen zu kämpfen. Lindros hat sich in den vergangenen Monaten sehr für die Spielergewerkschaft NHLPA eingesetzt. Es wird erwartet, dass er sehr bald dort seinen neuen Job al Ombudsmann antritt www.eishockeynews.de |
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Mo. 12.11.07 - 10:43:46Stan Registriert seit: Oktober 2001 Posts: 1.902 Fan von: Rittner Buam |
Former MVP Lindros announces retirement after 13 NHL seasons
LONDON, Ontario (AP) -Former NHL MVP Eric Lindros retired Thursday in his hometown, ending a career derailed by a series of concussions and other injuries. The 6-foot-4, 240-pound power forward had 372 goals, 865 points and 1,398 penalty minutes in 760 games for Philadelphia, Toronto, the New York Rangers and Dallas. He won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 1995 and was part of the Canadian Olympic team that won gold in 2002. He also won silver for Canada in 1992. The 34-year-old center made it through 13 seasons despite the concussions and other injuries that eventually limited his playing time. The injuries restricted him to an average of only 58 games a season, but he was an impact player when healthy. Lindros was a free agent and hadn`t played this season. He`s expected to join the staff of the NHL Players` Association. Lindros also donated approximately $5 million to the London (Ontario) Health Sciences Foundation, where he was treated during his career. "My decision to retire from professional hockey is something that I have been considering for some time, and did not come easily," Lindros said. "I will miss the day-to-day activity of being a member of a team, and the camaraderie that I developed with my teammates will never be forgotten. "I played with the best, I played against the best - it was a blast. It really truly was," he said. "I enjoyed myself immensely." But controversy seemed to overshadow Lindros wherever he went. He was selected first overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1991 draft, but refused to play for them. He was traded to Philadelphia where he enjoyed the best years of his career until injuries and a feud with general manager Bob Clarke ran him out of town. Lindros helped lead the Flyers to the 1997 Stanley Cup finals, but his once-tight relationship with Clarke - Lindros said Clarke was his childhood hero - began to unravel by the end of the 1990s. Clarke had a problem dealing with Lindros` meddlesome parents - his father, Carl, was his agent - and it slowly deteriorated over the years. The boiling point came when Lindros criticized the team`s medical staff for failing to diagnose his second concussion of the 1999-00 season. Clarke then stripped him of his captaincy, and the star was ostracized from the team until he returned for Games 6 and 7 of the conference finals against the Devils. After taking a 3-1 lead in the series, the Flyers lost three straight to the Devils. Lindros, playing his first game in nearly 12 weeks, scored Philadelphia`s only goal in a 2-1 loss in Game 6. He left Game 7 in the first period after a check by Scott Stevens gave him his fourth concussion of the season and sixth overall. Then the drama really unfolded. Clarke questioned the severity of Lindros` concussions, and ripped his parents for meddling in their son`s life. Yet Clarke offered the former MVP an $8.5 million contract to return for the 2000-01 season. Lindros rejected the Flyers` qualifying offer almost three months after playing his last game, became a restricted free agent and demanded a trade. He sat out the 2000-01 season and was traded to the Rangers in August of 2001. Former Flyers teammate John LeClair called Lindros a "tremendous talent and a dominating player." "He had it all, size, strength and finesse," LeClair said. "It is unfortunate injuries cut his time in the NHL short, but he had a great career and left his mark on the game." Now, Lindros is the leading candidate to become the new ombudsman for the NHLPA. "I think it would be a great job," he said. "I think seeing the likes of Ted Lindsay and then later on Carl Brewer, there`s so many who have stepped up for others in the association and in the National Hockey League. "It would be a privilege to represent the guys in our association." Quelle: Associated Press |
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Mo. 12.11.07 - 13:28:05underdog Registriert seit: März 2002 Posts: 1.335 |
Wenn man denkt, dass der junge damals nicht nach Quebec wechseln wollte, und die Nordiques im Gegenzug an Peter Forsberg gelangt sind. Schon krass.
So bleibt Lindros eine der größten (in jedem Sinne) unerfüllten Hoffnungen der NHL-Geschichte. Trotzdem wartet ein Plätzchen in der Hall of Fame auf ihn. Vielleicht nicht gleich in 2 Jahren. Aber wenn es Cam Neely geschafft hat, der auch einen feuchten Dreck in der NHL gewonnen hat, dann wird es auch Lindros schaffen. Und wie man so schön sagt: "NEVER SKATE WITH YOUR HEAD DOWN!" |
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Mo. 12.11.07 - 15:25:13game_misconduct Registriert seit: September 2003 Posts: 15.286 |
[Zitat] neely hat zwar einen feuchten dreck gewonnen, aber er war wohl der beste power forward aller zeiten und einer der erfolgreichsten toschützen der nhl |
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Mo. 12.11.07 - 17:52:07underdog Registriert seit: März 2002 Posts: 1.335 |
@game_misconduct
Ist die selbe Preisklasse denke ich. Beide galten auf ihrem Zenit als der beste Power Forward der Liga. Die Statistiken sind ähnlich. Ich denke auch Lindros wird es in die Hall schaffen. Natürlich nicht in so einem Jahr wie heuer, wo einige Hockey-Götter den Eintritt schaffen werden. |
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