Prime Eric Lindros vs. Prime Zdeno Chara

[Legionnaire]

Originally Posted by VeddarRants

Are we taking into account what happened as their primes started to dwindle down? Because while technically Chara is past normal prime years for players, he's still playing at an elite level and considered to be in the top three for his position. Lindros post prime was a shell due to the concussions and injuries.

Lindros for just the prime years alone.

Chara for the longevity and being elite for nearly a decade now.

Then you also have to take into account their leadership abilities. Both were captains, but Chara has been lauded for his leadership skills in Boston. Lindros was not. I think the answer is a lot closer than people think once you start looking at what it really means to build a franchise and who you want to be leading it. When you're looking to build a franchise around a player, you should not only look at their skills as a player but their ability to be a leader of men.

As long as you want to consider that Chara didn't reach his prime until much later.

[SensFanDan]

Chara since Lindros gets destroyed by Stevens.

[VeddarRants]

Originally Posted by eva unit zero

Lindros was an elite player his second year in the league. He continued to be such for seven more seasons.

Chara was not an elite player in 2003-04. He was approaching that level, but Lindros was close to elite in his rookie year (but missed 23 games).

in 03-04, Chara was a Norris finalist ( finishing second ) and was a first team all star ( Neidermayer was the Norris winner that year and was the other dman on the first team all star ).

[Habs 4 Life]

Lindros easily

[Machinehead]

Zdeno Chara at the top of his game is one of the most, if not THE most dominant force in the game today.

BUT, Eric Lindros at the top of his game was one of the most dominating forces in the history of the game.

[MoreMogilny]

Lindros. Easy choice.

[Seth Rollins]

Lindros or sasquatch?

Lindros.

[zoA]

Originally Posted by Machinehead

Zdeno Chara at the top of his game is one of the most, if not THE most dominant force in the game today.

BUT, Eric Lindros at the top of his game was one of the most dominating forces in the history of the game.

This sums it up for me

[Roo Mad Bro]

11 people never watched Eric Lindros play.