As an Avs fan, every element of this video is pleasing. Especially since Forsberg wasn’t on the initial trade list. It’s crazy when you see GM’s give up the farm for one guy as it usually works out much better for the team getting the haul.

I could sit down and listen to Shannon talk about hockey for a whole day and love every second of it.

My grandma used to call him "little Eric" when she baby sat the Lindros kids. I did a double take when I realized who she was talking about 😀

Lindros was always great to the neighborhood kids when he was a Flyer. Playing roller hockey and foot hockey in front of his house. Good guy to everyone at MSG when he was a player as well. Very sad he had those concussions.

It's funny how history repeats itself. Duchene, much like Lindros didn't want to play for a bad team and yet both times they were wrong and the Avs ended up better after they left.

I think the Nordiques had to draft Lindros, even knowing he wouldn't play. The bounty for trading him made it worth the risk. As it turned out the Nordiques/Avalanche easily won that deal in the long term. Lindros must've been gutted Toronto had traded the pick that would've made him a Leaf. Rangers would've been trading away a cup right there.

As a (former?) Avs fan, this trade is one the best in history. Any Flyers fan that has looked into what players you traded away or didn't draft over the years overall? Heart attack invoking when you put it all together.

Sad to say without that trade happening, Colorado doesn't get Roy, Forsberg or Ricci when it comes time to hoist the Cup in 96. I believe Chris Simon was apart of those Future Considerations that Quebec got in return who was also apart of that 96 Cup winning team

It would be pretty funny if Shannon did a video about the career of Future Considerations

Steven Dangle made a trade tree video on this trade. There are still some active pieces of this happening today. And it’s incredible what the Avs were able to do after this trade.

Lindros didn’t want to sign with Quebec because Marcel Aubut, during a visit with the family before the draft, insulted Lindros’ mother in French not realizing she spoke the language and understood him. Can’t blame him - I know I wouldn’t have played for an owner like that, either. Also, combine that with the fact that the Nordiques had the #1 pick in three drafts in a row.

Guy Lafleur said Aubut had made a comment about Lindros' mother in french, not knowing she was bilingual. Given Aubut's sexual harrassment lawsuit later, it seems plausible.

had to laugh out loud at "Peter Forsberg... he's pretty good"

I loved Lindros. His Jersey was the first I owned. Every year my former boss gets a signed photo of Lindros, frames it, and gives it to me for Christmas.

I wish I could trade players twice in NHL 22.

Hard to imagine Messier and Lindros coexisting.

Enjoyed watching this. I remember the Lindros affair very well. I didn't know what the Rangers had offered. Sometimes the best trades are the ones you don't make.

This content is how I discovered the channel (the Gretzky to Vancouver video) and stayed for everything else. Brilliant stuff. I'd forgotten about the Rangers proposal to the Flyers.

The only other athlete I can recall who refused to play for the team that drafted him, iirc, was Eli Manning when he was taken by the Chargers. Ended up working out for him, at least.

The Red Wings didn't mind beating Lindros and the Flyers for the Stanley Cup, either!

Two teams ended up winning Cups because of this day. The Rangers won because they didn't give up Alexei Kovalev which helped them win the 1994 Cup, and the Colorado Avalanche of course got Ricci, Forsberg, and the pick that became Thibault who they traded for Patrick Roy

When I think of Lindros, I think of Elway, he pulled the same scam refusing to play for the team that drafted him. Amazingly it benefited Denver fans in BOTH cases! I understand players wanting to choose their team/employer but it just can't work in pro sports. No one good would ever play for the small markets or losing teams. The draft is a necessary evil. I always thought less of Lindros(and Elway)[and Manning] for doing this. I don't know anything about WHY it was done, but I have nothing but negative suspicions about the why and they mostly evolve around money. I remember Lindros being featured uniquely in the sports trading card world(Score) when he was drafted. I'm sure he made a lot of money on that deal too.

I know Peter Forsberg will be the best player I ever saw, even as a no goodnick Avs fan who found hockey in 1995-6, 21 means 21

My favorite Flyers jersey. They looked so fresh. John LeClair and Lindros were some of the reasons I got into hockey. That said… lets go Preds!

I remember being in Lindros' camp at that draft. I can't remember specifics, to be honest, but I had a distinct dislike for both Aubut and Page, I think the team under performed, I don't think their player development with lower picks (the top picks any of us could have made they were no brainers) or something along those lines. The irony is that in avoiding bad management at the draft, he ended up with Bobby Clark. Out of the frying pan....

The true architect of the late 90s and early 2000s Avalanche was Eric Lindros. The true architect of the current Avalanche is Matt Duchene.

Just wanna say how much I appreciate your awesome hockey content. I admire how much you love the game.

I love these Lindros videos. Fascinating player. Thank you.

If the flyers don't make this trade do you think they win a cup with them pieces that they gave away?

I enjoy the little Gritty on the top of the white board

2:00...Back in 1984 when Mario was drafted not only wouldn't he put the Penguins Jersey on but refused to shake hands with Penguins GM too.

God, the Lindros Trade Deal was -the- trade that made the Avalanche. That first season doesn't happen without this trade. Another quality video on this topic is Steve Dangle's video 'Trade Tree'.

You should do a video on the infamous part time owner of the Islanders

The Rangers deal was Tony Amonte, Doug Weight, Alexei Kovalev, John Vanbiesbrouck, 1st round picks in 1993, 1994, 1996 and cash. Vanbiesbrouck was trying to become a free agent that summer. He had an arbitration case. IF VBK became a free agent, James Patrick was going to Quebec in place of VBK.

Page was dealing with the Flyers, Aubut was dealing with the Rangers. That's how they ended up with two deals. This proved to be the motivation for creating the 'Trade Call' portion of a deal. TSN broke it down in the 20-year anniversary.

Excellent video. You're in the zone with this.

Shannon’s history videos + Gritty plush = P E R F E C T I O N

The Aubut era Nordiques were such a gong show. Little wonder Lindros didn't want anything to do with him and thus the Nordiques as a result.

That “Future Considerations” bit was wonderful

Future video topic(April 1st) Career video for Future Considerations

I think you have 240,000 hockey friends you should make a list....lol 😄😄😄😄 great job as always

When the Nordiques left... it happened over night from my recollection. They just upped and moved.

Got one of my favorite players out of that deal in forsberg and Jocelyn worked out well in helping get a trade done for Roy....was too young at the time to understand (5) but looking back as an AVS fan, they won that trade no doubt

Huge moment in my hockey fandom!

The trade, that John Elway influenced, that gave Nordiques/Avs fans Forsberg. Love it!!!! Thank you Lindros! You fit much better in Philly. Sad you never won a cup.

How about a video about what the heck "Future Considerations" actual means and what it has ever paid off as?

Sooo entertaining to listen about Eric L. deal! Enjoy these facts. Excellent job! 👏 👏

San Jose drafted Pat Falloon with the #2 pick after Quebec. It’s safe to say there was a big drop off in talent that year after Lindros…he was the clear cut #1 guy that year.

Has a young Nordique fan in the 90s, I remembers that Aubut selling the teams wasn't a sure thing. But the second that the Qc gouvernment said it wasn't paying for a new arena things unfolded pretty quickly and we didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to the team. Combine that most of the media coverage here was in french, probably that why you didn't heard that much about it compare to the jets. Note that they were rumors that some of the part owner wanted to buy aubut share to keep the team in place, but the comcast deal happened so fast they didn't had time to come up the capital.

Great video but my recollection of events was that Eric’s helicoptering-parents, Carl and Bonnie, were his original agents and were way over their heads. A classic example of why not to mix business and blood.

typical "I told you I would go to the prom with you... but I didn't know that that person was going to ask me to go"

Quality Content 💯

Lindros also refused to play for the Greyhounds. Funny how Gretzky could play here but the Soo wasn't good enough for Lindros.

such a cool setup

can you do a GM Career overview vid of Pierre Gauthier ?

Lindros should have said he would have no problem playing for the Habs. I think that would have quelled some of the anger among French Canadians. In hindsight, this should’ve been a Lindros for Forsberg, 1 for 1 trade Lindros’ career took off when the Flyers traded Recchi to Montreal for Dejardins, LeClaire, and Dionne. That turned the Flyers into contenders. Unfortunately they couldn’t get a goalie to counter Brodeur. Which is why NJ had their number

Imagine a one-two punch of Forsberg and Lindros down the middle in Philly. Then probably a Sakic and Sundin in Colorado. It would have been awesome!

Pretty sure Richter and Vanbiesbrouk literally rotated games all season long and the playoff starter was an unknown until seasons end. Richter and Leetch were unreal for them but I could easily picture that Vanbiesbrouck and Leetch are the heroes in an alternate universe

I 110% agree if NYR traded for Lindros there would be no 1994. As a fan of 90's Van, it's sad it didn't happen. I guess there are many older NYI fans that agree.

In a interview, Lindros declare that he doesn't want to play for Marcel Aubut, and years later, Marcel was in a scandal about Sexual harassement. Don't know if it was knew in the 90, but I still respect Lindros to refuse to play for him.

Two years earlier in the NFL, a similar thing occurred when the Dallas Cowboys traded Herschel Walker to Minnesota (details here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker_trade) So since then, the smart money says, "If you have a choice between having one great player or a bunch of draft picks, go with the draft picks."

Is anyone noticing the gritty doll at the top of the board? Nice little add on to the board Shannon!

Still think the Sharks should have had the 1st pick.

Video idea: most hyped 1st overall picks of all time You can talk about what was expected before the draft, what their perceived strengths were, did the players ever live up to the hype, etc Examples: Gretzky, Lemieux, Lindros, Crosby, Ovechkin, etc and you can throw in some busts in there too Keep up the good work

They're was a TSN/RDS segment about him

As an Avs fan, I can speculate that this moment lead to the creation of the colorado avalanche. Maybe if lindros stayed with Quebec, that things would've worked out differently? Thank you Eric!!

Reminds me of that trade between the marlins and blue jays

that thumbnail pic makes it look it it was taken in the 50s

Re Richter vs. Vanbiesbrouck: It's debatable. Beezer was arguably better with Florida in the mid-90s than Richter was with the Rangers during that time. They were pretty dead even. If Beezer is the Rangers goalie in '94, I don't see how that makes any real difference for them. I agree with you, though, in terms of that entire trade being made. If the Rangers make that trade for Lindros, they don't have those young players that they used to acquire the likes of Noonan, Matteau, Larmer, etc., and would also be down Kovalev and Nemchinov.

To answer the question you ask at the end of the video, here's how it likely happened: They (the Nordiques) were in talk with many teams for Lindros, including the Flyers and Rangers. The Rangers deal was likely the Nordiques' latest counter offer, that the Rangers had previously declined. Say, for example, that they had made an offer similar to the one you had on the board, but with another players instead of Amonte. The Nordiques say, "throw in Amonte instead of X and we have a deal." Rangers decline. Then the Nordiques come to an agreement with the Flyers. But then the phone rings, it's the Rangers, they're willing to throw in Amonte now, and the Nordiques prefer that deal. Chaos/hilarity ensues. Now I'm not saying it WAS Amonte, I just used him as an example of how it is very likely to have played out. It was most likely the Rangers who, at the last minute, agreed to Quebec's latest demands, just after Quebec had agreed to a deal with the Flyers, that they then tried to walk back from.

Lindros really had a point about not wanting to go Quebec. It was amateur hour with the franchise. Look at what happened...they trade him twice. All kinds of rules were put in place because of this situation

Also congrats on 240k Shannon! You are THE man! I’ve been subbed since 2017, I have so much respect for the way you have stayed true to yourself.

A forward line, a defense pair, a goalie, a pick and cash for Lindros. Twice. Cool times. And now what you get for Eichel...

The fact that Quebec was sold to Colorado within two years of the draft shows he threw a hissy fit for nothing unless you think that Quebec stays there with the SAME owner if he played there.

Thank you!

hey shannon you should check out a podcast i work for “Nasty Knuckles” Former flyer Cote and Former equipment manager. we bring tons of old/current flyers players on. i think you’ll enjoy the stories

As much as this trade set the Avs up for success, the initial offer was even more insane!

Honestly, if Lindros was not traded, I don't think the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche would've won the Stanley Cup (or at least by 1996). Those pieces that they got from the Flyers either became key contributors in those Avalanche cup winning teams, or fliped for other pieces that became part of those cup winning teams. As for the Rangers - if that proposed trade came into fruition, would NY trade for Messier and go on to win the 1994 Stanley Cup? The Lindros saga is one huge spider web of what if's.

as a ranger happy to trade them for Eric, our team is still, vanbies, beuke, lowe, zubov leetch, messier graves gartner, lindros tikky and larmer, thats a pretty good team. The only one i miss is kovalev

According to lindros is was not the team or the city it was the ownership. As I type this you say it

Lindros also refused to go to the Junior team that drafted him.

If not for a cheap shot artist, Lindros would be an all time great and this trade wouldn't get talked about nearly as much.

I do remember at the time Lindros was reported saying he would like to play on the Blackhawks. But he also was reported saying he didn't want to play on a Canadian team because endorsement deals in the U.S. were more lucrative. I always thought the Chicago statement was just the team reporter he was talking with. That he would take any American team just insert the city who he was doing an interview with.

It's weird when you look back at the early days of the NHL, 1920's & 30's, just about every trade involved cash. Of course there were no draft picks back then.

Hahaha, now I feel bad. I commented on that guys comment you saw and told him that you already made a video on it. 🤷‍♂️ My bad lol

Just on a side note, lol at the irony of other fanbases saying that Bedard should've pulled a Lindros and refuse to sign with the Blackhawks, when that was an organisation Lindros wanted play for.

not just beezer but kovalev came up in those playoffs! Amonte trade brought in graves to i believe?

I think it's fair to say that the NY Rangers might not have won the Cup in 1994 if Lindros went to them instead of Philadelphia, but NOT because Vanbiesbrouck would have been in goal instead of Richter. Both goalies were elite. The only reason the Rangers let Vanbiesbrouck go in the expansion draft in 1993 was because he was 3 years older than Richter, not because he was clearly better. And, by the way, Vanbiesbrouck led the expansion Panthers to the Cup Finals in 1996.

Forgot Chris Simon going in the trade too

I think the 2 trades part makes it clear why Lindros was apprehensive about playing under Aubut.

You want some big madness boards?... Journeyman career breakdown of Future Considerations to date lmao

i would be interested to see if the report Flyers trade or the rangers trade would still bring the Avs a cup

Another example with holding out is Cal Peterson not wanting to play in Buffalo. There is a feeling that he wanted big market as he now plays in LA.

Lindros for Forsberg by itself would’ve been worth it

Why do I get chills every time you say Pierre Pagé?

Even though trading Amonte to CHI could look like a mistake, Matteau was part of that return. Lindros not going to NYR ended up working out for the better.

Interesting. also Kaapo Kakko

Looking back these trades were so awful for both Ny and Philly even though with Lindros

the should played with the Nordiques

I am so glad cap space was introduced, trades including millions of dollars is just weird