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Originally Posted by T@T
Flames offer wasn't much at the time compared.
I'm surprised they didn't take the NY offer, Kovalev was highly toted, as were Amonte and Weight coming out of college with big numbers. Vanbiesbrouck was one of the best in those years. 12m and 3 more first rounders.
They took the Forsberg package knowing he was signed in Sweden for 3 more years...interesting.
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They did take the Rangers offer, but the league office negated the deal.
Not sure why a whole gaggle 'thanked' the original post. As interesting as this topic always is, none of those offers are exactly new revalations.
Lindros turned out to be Baby Hughy. The deal with his parents, with dictating where he would play dated back to his junior days. Remember the controversy over not playing in Quebec (btw, the Avs should thank him for helping them win)? Well, the Lindros clan pulled the same stunt with Sault Ste. Marie to force a trade to Oshawa, so he'd be closer to the Center of the Hockey Universe (Toronto).
As a precedence, scouting needs to include more psychological profiling to help forecast. Somebody could write a decent master's thesis on how Lindros's teenaged behavior precluded how he'd never achieve true HHOF status in his professional career, in light of the rare combination of strength and talent. Emotionally, the guy didn't have it all there.