The Stars have 14 forwards on one-way contracts, and one player, Eriksson, on a two-way contract that will probably play for the Stars all this season. The idea of bringing in another forward is crazy, but I really think it would benefit Dallas to have Lindros on the team. The role he served in the playoffs against the Canucks is still needed on this team. He provided a great deal of energy by laying out some punishing hits, and he has hard shot. If I remember correctly, Razor Reaugh described his shot as the "Hammer of Thor" on one of his few goals in the season. If the Stars could sign him to contract similar to Todd Fedoruk's, maybe for a little more, he could be a valuable player on the lower lines for energy and serve as a power play specialist with his hard shot. I think that an added bonus would be that he could play on a top line, for a short period of time, to cover in case of injuries, at least when he’s not injured. Would you like to see Eric Lindros remain a Star this season?
Personally I think that Eric Lindross is more then good enough to play for this team, but if our GM is going to activly pursue trading or aquiring by other means a 1st-2nd line scorer, It would make sense to me that we leave as much cap space as possible open. I would definetly rather have him on the team then Brad Winchester or Todd Fedoruk though =p
The role he served in the playoffs against the Canucks is still needed on this team. He provided a great deal of energy by laying out some punishing hits, and he has hard shot. If I remember correctly, Razor Reaugh described his shot as the "Hammer of Thor" on one of his few goals in the season. If the Stars could sign him to contract similar to Todd Fedoruk's, maybe for a little more, he could be a valuable player on the lower lines for energy and serve as a power play specialist with his hard shot. I think that an added bonus would be that he could play on a top line, for a short period of time, to cover in case of injuries, at least when he’s not injured.
Bingo. He definitely made his presence known in the playoff games against Vancouver. Even though he sat for months prior, he still played well, and posed a number of problems for the Nucks, one being that they didn't have a dman that could handle him. There is zero question that when healthy this guy could not only contribute on the 3rd or 4th line, but could be a real force on the PP as well. That's the thing that's so nice about him, he's willing to play limited minutes, but still has the ability to play with the top guys on any team should the situation present itself. Like in the final playoff game when for essentially the entire third period they had him on a line with Modano and Morrow. That was no accident. No question he'd be worth bringing back as I don't think he'd be looking for anything more than $1M.
I think the main reason hes retiring is that hes figured out that nobody wants him for 1.X million... its too bad cause it looked to me as if he still had some gass in the tank in the playoffs last year, and its not even the concussions thats keeping him out of the lineups any more... last one was what? 4 years ago?
If I was the Dallas GM I would try to get a deal done for $850000 with the implicit understanding that he would get prime PP time and the occasional shift with the top line... Im sure he enjoyed playing in Dallas while he was here, everyone does =p
No, no, and no. He's not worth bringing back at any amount. He's never going to play anything resembling a full season ever again. He just contributes to roster uncertainty and takes up space.
Great, so he can come back finally in the playoffs as an act of coaching staff desperation and.... get zero points.
Bingo. He definitely made his presence known in the playoff games against Vancouver. Even though he sat for months prior, he still played well, and posed a number of problems for the Nucks, one being that they didn't have a dman that could handle him. There is zero question that when healthy this guy could not only contribute on the 3rd or 4th line, but could be a real force on the PP as well. That's the thing that's so nice about him, he's willing to play limited minutes, but still has the ability to play with the top guys on any team should the situation present itself. Like in the final playoff game when for essentially the entire third period they had him on a line with Modano and Morrow. That was no accident. No question he'd be worth bringing back as I don't think he'd be looking for anything more than $1M.
If he will sign for 1 million or less, he can definitely play as a 3rd or 4th line player. Unless we can sign Selanne. No Selanne then we should get Lindros. I think he was a dominate player at least in game 6 against Vancouver in the playoffs.
