Talk:Eric Lindros

message: The current page says that Eric Lindros attended St. Michael's College School in Toronto.  Being an alumni who would have been there at the same time (graduated 1993), I am fairly certain this was not the case, though I believe his brother Brett did attend the school for one year.  The confusion may have arisen because he did play for the Junior B Buzzers which was affiliated with St. Michael's.  To clarify, the school had junior and senior teams which were made up of students attending the school, but also ran the Buzzers team which was not limited to players attending St. Mike's.  I have not made any changes to the main page since there is a possibility that I am mistaken, perhaps somebody else attending at the same time could confirm before changes are made. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.112.45.128 (talk) 04:35, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re High School 

message: Over the years I've read varying reports (possibly an urban legend) that Lindros engaged figure staker Elvis Stojko in a barroom fight and lost (Stojko is reportedly a black belt martial artist), however I've never seen any actual conclusive evidence to support the story. Does anyone know if it's true? Avalyn 03:49, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Elvis Stojko 

message: TSN is reporting as of 6:20 EST on July 16th 2006 that Lindros is NOT actually on the Dallas Stars. Secondly, he was drafted first overall by Quebec, and held out on them, causing him to be traded to the Flyers, not what is represented on the main page.
Didn't Eric Lindros assault a woman once early in his career?  I remember this but it is not on the main page.74.108.86.3 06:04, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Lindros was alleged to have done a great many things early in his career, some of which he actually did, much of which was either terribly overblown or whole cloth inventions.  I wouldn't touch any such edit without an ironclad link to a mainstream media source.  Ravenswing 07:38, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hold on...

message: When will you guys get a picture of Eric? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.221.113 (talk • contribs) 
:Currently nobody has contributed a noncopyrighted or free license image. If you have such an image, please add it. Flibirigit 23:43, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo

message: Alright, it's an issue which has attracted a good bit of shouting and rhetoric.  Yes, I consider the notion that Lindros' snub of Quebec was a vicious, emasculating, racist attack on the Quebecois nation by the Protestant Anglos a heap of bullshit.  (Hell, with my high school French, I'd sure as hell want to find work in a place that spoke the same language I did if I had any choice in the matter, and so would any of you, and somehow I doubt too many monoglot Quebecois would jump at the chance to relocate to Philadelphia, either.)  Yes, Lindros holding out on them was the best thing that ever happened to the franchise short of its existence in the first place, and yes, teenage boys who are full of themselves are often impolitic about how they turn down something they don't want.  But the fury of the Quebecois was palpable, and the article as it stands doesn't mention any of that at all.  Does anyone have a desire to put up a well-sourced, short paragraph on the controversy?    Ravenswing  19:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, refrain from deleting the effects of Lindros' first game in Quebec, as why should that be removed when the armband incident and the spat with Clarke remain? Keep the Quebec incident as well as the rest of Lindros' controversies here until a proper paragraph can be written. TheAxeGrinder 05:47, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is written as a copyright violation. Flibirigit 04:23, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the content once again.  If it is a copyright violation, that should be the final say on the matter.  If it is not, that section holds absolutely no encyclopedic value, and diminishes the quality of the article, overall. - Rjd0060 05:11, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Your comments not only detracted from the article's style, they were and still would be copyright violations. Flibirigit 16:31, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If my comments detract from the article's style, then remove Bob Clarke's comments, which are the same 'style', and they are NOT copyright violations! TheAxeGrinder 05:47, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Listen, Flibirigit, STOP DELETING MY ADDITIONS! It is acceptable, it is documented (phone Stephen Cole if you want), and bottom line, IT HAPPENED! Stop deleting it to be a jerk. TheAxeGrinder 05:47, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Please refrain from calling anyone names. Also, material copied verbatim is not allowed. Also, it severely detracts from the article. Flibirigit 06:07, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Copying down word-for-word is called plagiarism. You should have learned this in elementary school. If you still disagree with Flibirigit removing the word-for-word copy then go see a doctor. Croat Canuck Say hello or just talk 22:16, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

text: First off, I am not calling anyone names directly. Secondly, it is NOT plagiarism. Go buy a copy of the book, read the section on this, and tell me if it's really word-for-word. Stop trying to censor what really happened during the game.TheAxeGrinder (talk) 05:34, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

text: IMHO, the Lindros-Nordiques controversy need only a small paragraph. In the hockey history of french vs english, the Lindros event pales in comparison to the Richard suspension & later Riot (every hockey english/french squabble, does) -Down with Campbell, Down with Campbell. GoodDay (talk) 15:47, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  In the hockey history of French vs. English, it's relatively minor, arguably.  It looms quite a bit larger in the history of Lindros' own career, which is what's pertinent.    Ravenswing  07:10, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

text:  This spat with the Nordiques coupled with the feud Lindros had with Clarke in Philly may also be the deciding factor as to whether Lindros deserves to be in the hall. Plus, it leads to the trade that Quebec got those draft picks which ultimately led to their Stanley Cup win in Colorado.TheAxeGrinder (talk) 19:02, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Personal point of view and speculation as to why an individual may or not be eletected into the Hall of Fame is not grounds for inclusion in an article. Flibirigit (talk) 22:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Agreed.  Obviously I think that the whole Lindros-Quebec flap is notable -- and it was certainly very heavily publicized, for years -- but when one segues into using that as a launchpad for discussion as to Lindros' fitness for the HHOF, then that is axe grinding indeed.  There are numerous hockey forums and bulletin boards upon which such would be welcome.    Ravenswing  22:57, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: Clearly there are several heated opinions on Lindros - are there any objections if I try to insert the appropriate sourced Trivia tidbits into the article itself.  The nickname stuff is covered in the info box, and I think the aribtrator's decision can be added there as well.  Leafschik1967 (talk) 23:18, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please do. I been meaning to do it for a while now. Flibirigit (talk) 23:42, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  I left out the Stojko part and the "Bon Cop, Bad Cop" references.  Just because the Stojko thing is true, I don't see any reason for it to be included here.  I might go through and bulk up some of the other sections as well.  It seems odd that his career accompishments are treated with a couple cursory paragraphs, and the bulk of the article is about the negative factors in his career.  Leafschik1967 (talk) 02:00, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia Section

message: I altered this section a bit.  The quotes in place were not sourced, so I removed them and replaced them.  I'm not sure if these are ideal for the site, but I think they work better than completely unreferenced ones.Leafschik1967 (talk) 16:18, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Quotes

message: Saving nicknames for future use in prose. 
The Big E The "E Train"The Next One -Djsasso (talk) 01:23, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nickname 

message: I think his $5 million donation to London Health Sciences should be given its own category, its just mentioned in passing but this was the highest donation ever by a Canadian athlete and in the Top 10 with the likes of Oprah and Bill Gates, Lance Armstrong, etc..  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.29.4.43 (talk) 17:37, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Donations 

message: Please, source this line: "It was estimated he had bled out more than half his body's total blood volume."
Given the timeline stated in the article, close to impossible. But regardless, please source anything that could be considered hearsay.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fatshambles (talk • contribs) 06:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Fact Check Please

message: --EricLindrosNHL (talk) 10:03, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image? 

message: Is it ok if I write an entry about his participation in the WJHC?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.83.84.105 (talk) 17:06, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  World Junior Championship 

message: "He played parts of three seasons for the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) from 1990 to 1992. During that time, he scored 180 goals, 200 assists, 380 points and had 437 penalty minutes in 157 games played."
Multiple websites that track hockey stats show these numbers aren't even close. 97 goals, 119 assists and 216 points in 95 games played from 1989-90 to 1991-92. Does anyone know how a discrepancy this massive could occur?
http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/lindrer01.html
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3158  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.1.120.200 (talk) 02:19, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oshawa Generals statistics 

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message: Why are the Canadian national team stats duplicated across two stat tables? Am I missing something? Yr Enw (talk) 20:29, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canada stats