Go Flames Go said:
His name is spelt Jarome dumb ass not Jerome. How could you doubt I have watched hockey for that long you don't even know me son.
Well lets see Lindros was playing with men when he was 18 years old and not only did he play with the men, he fit in quite well, and actually in my view played better than a large number of the men. When he first started playing in the league he was the best young player I have ever seen, yes he was better than Ilya Kovalchuk, Dany Healtley, and yes he was better than Forsberg. Lindros could hit, fight, score, pass, he could see the ice better than msot anyone in the league at the time (Gretzky and Lemieux are really the only two that I felt were better than Lindros at the time). If you even watch the 1997/98 playoffs you would see that Lindros took a team that had Garth Snow!! as a goaltender to the finals. If you put any solid goaltender on that team and Lindros would have a couple of Stanley Cups in my view, and that is why I am not a big fan of Clarke as a GM, he never really addressed his teams number 1 need until recently, and then I think Esche suprised most everyone in being able to play as well as he did but that is not the disscussion at the moment.
I will honestly say that Lindros is one of the top 5 players that I have ever seen in my lifetime in his prime, the same can not be said about Forsberg.
Really the best testiment to Lindros's greatness can be seen in the hockey news putting him as a top 100 player of all time in 1998 or 99 but just because of how good he was at the time. He was the complete package, and could beat the opposition by running them over, speeding past them, or using some great moves.
Really Lindros was so good he only had two weak spots his head, and his parents, who affected his attitude in quite a negative way from all accounts.
Sorry about the Jarome thing, I really don't know why I thought it was Jerome.