Taking A Flyer On The Future
Lindros is a handsome, 6-foot-5, 235-pound center who has been touted since he was 15 as the player destined to join Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky in hockey’s modern holy trinity. Before playing a single NHL game, he became the highest-paid player in league history-$22 million over six years. To earn the chance to pay his salary, the Flyers gave the Quebec Nordiques, which owned his rights, $15 million, five players, a top draft choice-and future considerations, which, given the going rate, may mean moving the Liberty Bell to Quebec City....