If memory serves me right (which it usually does), Neely just missed the top 100. When THN first released a list of the finalists for the top 50 (I think there were 91 players), Neely was mentioned as a guy who just missed out of being a finalist. (Note: THN originially only released the Top 50 in February of 1998, then released a top 100 later in the year. Other players who just missed being one of the 91 finalists, such as Sakic and Sittler, did crack the top 100.
In terms of peak value, Neely's top 100. As far as a career, he is not. If not for the injuries, Neely likely winds up in the top 50. He was a fantastic playoff performer. Scouts have spent the last decade endeavouring to find the next Neely, but haven't found a player who combines size, strength, physical play, goal scoring ability and clutch play in a way that Neely did. I don't know if they ever will.
The thing we have to remember about Neely is we never saw him at his best for an extended period of time. Injuries robbed him of the prime of his career. The Neely that obliterated the opposition in the 1991 playoffs was going to be the Neely for the next five or six years. He was just shy of his 26th birthday when the injury happened. He already had two 50-goal seasons and three second-team all-star selections, and you could tell by watching him each year that he was getting better. Three or four 70-goal seasons would not have been out of the question. He had a 50-50 season playing on essentially one leg, and he was close to a point-per-game in his final two years despite the deterioration in his lower body. Neely never had a prime, but he still managed 395 goals and is fourth all-time in playoff goals per game.
We saw Lindros at his best for notable spurts, but not extended periods of time. The Lindros we saw in 1995 and in 1998-99 was as good as it was going to get for him. Again, he's a guy who would be top 100 for peak value, and while he did have a prime, it wasn't lengthy. He could have been a top 50 all-time player, too. But the name Eric Lindros doesn't always conjure up positive connotations for hockey people. Two things work against Lindros' place in the game.
1) He has a spotty playoff record. He was a top scorer in the 1997 playoffs. But in that playoff, he will be best remembered for a Harry Houdini act in the final against Detroit. He was shut down by two rookies in 1996 (Jovanovski and Warrener) and was far from stellar in 1995 against New Jersey. The stats look good, but he was often a guy who vanished when he was really needed.
2) His struggles after the stellar 1998-99 season. He was never the same player after the potentially-fatal internal injuries suffered late in the 1998-99 season. (Reports indicated he would have died had he flown back to Philly after the game). He's had a lot of injuries since then, but even when healthy, he looks disinterested, apathetic, and frankly, he's not anywhere close to the physical force he once was. I think his odds of reaching the HHOF would have been better if he would have retired after the 1998-99 season.