Leafs - Vegetable Salad

I am not a Lindros fan ... never have been ... never will be, but the Leafs signing him has made cheering for my team difficult. From the time that Lindros would not sign with Les Nordiques, being bigger than the league he would have to get his own way and play for a more prominent team, I have had no respect for the guy. He was drafted first overall and would not even put on the jersey of the team who drafted him. A slap in the face. From that time on, I have cheered against him and hope (still do) that he never gets his name on the Stanley Cup. That still holds. Never having seen the Leafs win a cup in my lifetime, I hope they do not win this year ...

and that hurts.

Lindros is damaged goods and I would rather that the Leafs had stayed away from him. One of the hits that he takes will turn him into a vegetable at some point or other unless he retires. Other players have had to retire from multiple concussions, think Steve Young of the NFL's 49'ers, and even Lindros' own brother Brett quit early for that reason. If what I heard at the time is correct, Lindros and the rest of the family were the ones who advised Brett to stop playing before more permanent damage was done ... kind of hypocritical.