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Originally Posted by IgiTang
Lame..
Don't think he deserves it.
Sure he dominated as a big boy for a few years, but his legacy will always be that he refused to report to the team that drafted him.
There are players on that list that did more for much longer.
Take Fleury, he was in a class of his own when it came to the "small" guys of the NHL.
Won a cup and an Olympic Gold Medal.
Sure Lindros' had a great '95 season. Hart winner and Lester B Pearson winner, but that really it.
Sure he was on pace to set some records.. but didn't..
He is the perfect case of Woulda, Shoulda Coulda. But didn't..
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Ya, Fleury doesn't have any smudges on his transcript.
Lindros won an Olympic gold medal, WCs, Memorial Cup, is Canada's all time WJC point leader, a Hart, Lester B Person and was over a PPG in the NHL. His NHL career was a bit short (760 games) but (a) once Cam Neely made it, Lindros had to make it and (b) it's not the NHL Hall of Fame. His entire career, NHL or not, counts.
Letting his decision as an 18 year old blind you to a dominant career is unfortunate.