How was Philly the winner of that trade, before the Stevens hit? I would trade Lindros straight up for Forsberg. I guess you could say they were winners for the first couple years, but that's because Forsberg wasn't in the NHL yet. Just for Lindros, they got Ron Hextall (who was used to bring in Adam Deadmarsh), Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, Chris Simon, Mike Ricci (who played a big role with the team himself, but was later traded for Shean Donovan and another first round pick which was Alex Tanguay), two first round draft picks (One of which was used to get Jocelyn Thibault, who in turn was a major part or the Patrick Roy trade), and $15 million cash.
Plus if you want to look at it a little deeper, Steve Duchesne was traded for Bob Bassen, Garth Butcher and Ron Sutter. Not very impressive at first look, but Garth Butcher was traded for Wendel Clark, and later on Clark was traded for Claude Lemieux, who played very well for the Avs, especially in the 96' cup run. Also Ron Sutter was traded along with Brett Lindros for Uwe Krupp and another 1st round pick (Wade Belak) and Krupp helped seal the cup win in 96 with his OT goal. Finally, Ron Hextall was traded, along with a first round pick (which coincidentally became Todd Bertuzzi), for Mark Fitzpatrick and their 1st round pick, which became Adam Deadmarsh, who also played a big role with the team, and was a fan favorite, but was also used as the center piece of the Blake trade.
I know the last paragraph is a bit of a stretch, becuase you can find a lot of good deals if you follow the trade path of one player, but I think even the original deal, is outstanding, and like I said, even though I'm a bit biased, I would trade Lindros for Forsberg straight up, anyway. They've both had injury pagged careers, so that can't be used as an excuse, and even stat wise Forsberg is better, not to mention the intangales. If you look at their first eight seasons in the league (which is right up until the Stevens hit) Peter out scores him, 686 to 659. It's a close call, as they are both great players, but I would go with Forsberg.