According to ESPN.com the Globe and Mail of Toronto reported Tuesday that Eric Lindros is expected to announce his retirement from the NHL on Thursday. The paper said Lindros, 34, will likely make the announcement as part of a news conference with University of Western Ontario sports injury expert Dr. Peter Fowler in his hometown of London, Ontario. Lindros has had an injury ridden career, never completing a full season in 14 attempts. In 760 games he’s compiled 372 goals and a total of 875 points. Last month, Lindros was asked about his future playing hockey and his involvement with the league. "Right now my focus is the 'PA work," Lindros told The Canadian Press last month. "I'm not really concerned about the rest of it. But the last couple of years have been pretty frustrating in terms of not getting through without being injury-free. ... It's just frustrating." He also said that he would work with the NHLPA, or the NHL Player’s Association.
Lindros won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player in 1994-95 and the Lester B. Pearson Award as the most outstanding player in the league as voted by the players. He led the Philadelphia Flyers to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1997 in which they were swept by the Detroit Red Wings. He played on the feared “Legion of Doom” line with John LeClair and Mikael Renberg. With his physical play, it’s understandable that he has suffered multiple concussions throughout his career. Because of one memorable concussion suffered from after a check from New Jersey's Scott Stevens in Game 7 of the 2000 Eastern Conference finals, which gave him number six in his career, he missed all of the 2000-01 season recovering.
Lindros won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player in 1994-95 and the Lester B. Pearson Award as the most outstanding player in the league as voted by the players. He led the Philadelphia Flyers to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1997 in which they were swept by the Detroit Red Wings. He played on the feared “Legion of Doom” line with John LeClair and Mikael Renberg. With his physical play, it’s understandable that he has suffered multiple concussions throughout his career. Because of one memorable concussion suffered from after a check from New Jersey's Scott Stevens in Game 7 of the 2000 Eastern Conference finals, which gave him number six in his career, he missed all of the 2000-01 season recovering.
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