His father Carl Lindros received a B. A.

His father Carl Lindros received a B. A.

Mark Messier had returned to New York, Theoren Fleury joined the Rangers after spending most of his career with the Calgary Flames, and Eric Lindros was traded to the Rangers from the Philadelphia Flyers.

In June 1992, the Flyers persuaded Clarke to return to the team as senior vice president after Jay Snider won the hard fought arbitration battle for 1991 # 1 overall pick Eric Lindros against the Rangers.

In order to acquire Lindros ' rights, the Flyers parted with six players, trading Steve Duchesne, Peter Forsberg, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, a 1993 first round draft pick ( Jocelyn Thibault ), a 1994 first round draft pick ( Nolan Baumgartner ), and $ 15 million to Quebec.

Recchi recorded 107 points ( 40 goals, 67 assists ) and Lindros 97 ( 44 goals, 53 assists ) while Mikael Renberg set a Flyers rookie record with 82 points.

Lindros eclipsed the 100-point mark for the first time in 1995 – 96, gathering 115 points, and LeClair scored 51 goals, as the Flyers repeated as Atlantic Division champs and clinched the No. 1 seed in the East.

Without Lindros, the Flyers had trouble scoring in the playoffs even after having re-acquired Mark Recchi at the trade deadline.

Meanwhile, the strife between Flyers management ( particularly Clarke ) and Lindros, continued to worsen.

It was after this that the Flyers ' organization decided to strip Lindros of the captaincy on March 27 and name defenseman Eric Desjardins the team's captain.

With Lindros out indefinitely, the Flyers rallied to overcome the distractions and a 15-point deficit in the standings to win the Atlantic Division and the No. 1 seed in the East on the last day of the regular season.

Without Lindros, the Flyers lost the decisive game by a score of 2 – 1.

Lindros would never wear a Flyers uniform again, as he sat out the season awaiting a trade.

In the off-season, the Flyers re-vamped their lineup by signing Jeremy Roenick and finally trading Lindros to the Rangers for Kim Johnsson, Jan Hlavac, Pavel Brendl, and a 2003 third-round draft pick ( Stefan Ruzicka ).

* Hart Memorial Trophy – for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Eric Lindros, Philadelphia Flyers

The two led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they were eliminated by the Philadelphia Flyers in five games, as the Rangers could not match the size and strength of Eric Lindros and his " Legion of Doom " linemates.

Lindros refused to play for the Nordiques and was eventually traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in June 1992 for a package of players and draft picks including Peter Forsberg.

Lindros started his NHL career with the Flyers during the 1992 – 93 season.

Eventually an arbitrator, Larry Bertuzzi ( granduncle of Todd Bertuzzi ), ruled in favour of the Flyers, for whom Lindros played from 1992 to 2000, most of the time as the team's captain.

With his imposing physical strength and playmaking ability, Lindros established himself as the top player on a Flyers team that had perennially been in contention but always fell short.

In September 1994, Lindros succeeded Kevin Dineen as Flyers captain.

Lindros led the Flyers to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals, handily defeating Pittsburgh, Buffalo and the New York Rangers in 5 games apiece.

But in the Finals the Flyers were swept in four games by the Detroit Red Wings ; Lindros ' only goal came with 14 seconds left in the 3rd period of Game 4.

Lindros ' relationship with Flyers general manager Bobby Clarke soon deteriorated.

In a call to the Flyers, the trainer was told to put Lindros on a plane that was returning to Philadelphia with injured teammate Mark Recchi.

Lindros ultimately returned for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals against New Jersey, Lindros scored the lone goal in a 2-1 Flyers loss, and in Game 7 Lindros suffered yet another concussion after a hit by New Jersey defenseman Scott Stevens.

" Lindros was traded a year later, ending the situation and bringing in a number of quality players, which vastly improved the Nordiques.

Throughout his career, Lindros has been tagged with various other nicknames, including " The Big E ", which was originally the nickname of the USS Enterprise, the famous World War II aircraft carrier.

After a steady start to his tenure with Toronto in which he recorded 22 points in 32 games, Lindros suffered a tear of a ligament in his left wrist against the Dallas Stars on December 10, 2005.

What followed was one of the biggest trades in NHL history, which the Philadelphia Flyers used to acquire Lindros, in the process trading away future superstar Peter Forsberg.

Finally on June 30, 1992, after confusion over whether Quebec had traded Lindros ' rights to the Philadelphia Flyers or New York Rangers was settled by an arbitrator, the Nordiques sent Lindros to the Flyers in exchange for forwards Peter Forsberg and Mike Ricci, goaltender Ron Hextall, defencemen Steve Duchesne and Kerry Huffman, " future considerations " which eventually became enforcer Chris Simon, two first-round picks and US $ 15 million.

In the 1992 off-season, Hextall was part of the trade which brought Eric Lindros to the Philadelphia Flyers.

While negotiating to get the best possible deal, Aubut traded Lindros to both the Flyers and the Rangers, meaning an arbitrator had to rule which club should receive him.

In January 2011, Emery began skating with an OHL team, taking shots and training with Eric Lindros, working with personal trainer Matt Nichol and goalie coach Eli Wilson.

As a result, the team earned three consecutive first overall draft picks, used to select Mats Sundin ( 1989 ), Owen Nolan ( 1990 ) and Eric Lindros ( 1991 ), even though Lindros had made it clear he did not wish to play for the Nordiques.

His agent, Pat Morris, had reportedly wanted a similar deal to that of fellow Islanders prospect Brett Lindros – a five-year, $ 6. 7 million contract signed the previous summer.

Lindros had signaled in advance that he would never play for the Nordiques, citing distance, lack of marketing potential, and having to speak French ; the team selected him anyway.

The trade between the Nordiques and the Rangers that was ruled invalid by the arbitrator had Lindros being traded for Doug Weight, Tony Amonte, Alexei Kovalev, John Vanbiesbrouck, three first round draft picks ( 1993, 1994 & 1995 ) and $ 12 million.

Lindros as a franchise player was expected to carry the team, but he had not lived up to expectations nor had he shown leadership during the Finals series.

But Jones insisted that Lindros be taken to a nearby hospital and it was discovered Lindros had a collapsed lung caused by internal bleeding of his chest wall.

On August 11, 2005, after the NHL labor dispute had cancelled the 2004 – 05 season, Lindros signed a one-year, $ 1. 55 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the 2005 – 06 NHL season.

On the day of his retirement, November 8, 2007, it was also announced that Lindros had donated five million dollars to the London Health Sciences Centre.

Lindros had been involved with the organization throughout his career.

The series also saw Scott Stevens land one of his prototypical crushing hits on Anaheim captain Paul Kariya, similar to the one that had knocked out Eric Lindros, then of the Flyers in the 2000 Playoffs.

" Only a week earlier Boulton had made a similar move in a game against Toronto, almost injuring Eric Lindros.

They picked junior star Eric Lindros, even though he had let it be known well in advance that he would never play in Quebec.

The Leafs had finished the season 9-1-2 despite season-ending injuries to Eric Lindros, Jason Allison, Alex Khavanov and Ed Belfour, with TSN criticising Ferguson for signing these players.

Lindros, who had been picked first overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1991 entry draft, had refused to play for Quebec during the 1991 – 92 season, forcing the club's owner Marcel Aubut to trade him.