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Eric Lindros And John LeClair Enter The Flyers' Hall Of Fame

11/21/2014 at 9:49am EST

from Sarah Baicker of CSNPhilly,

Eric Lindros and John LeClair are years removed from their playing days, but they are still teammates.

The two made that clear Thursday night as they were inducted into the Flyers' Hall of Fame. They didn’t say it, but they didn’t need to. Lindros and LeClair remain fiercely defensive and supportive of one another, nearly 20 years after they dominated in the game of hockey.

LeClair, for instance, still doesn’t understand all the criticism his linemate and friend faced during his tenure in Philadelphia. To LeClair, Lindros always went “above and beyond.” He was one of the greatest players to play the game, LeClair said, one of the greatest he ever played with.

“What hype did he not live up to?” LeClair asked. “I mean, he won a Hart Trophy. He scored 100 points. I never got that. He had the respect of his teammates and carried the Flyers for five years or however many years he was here. How many?”

continued including video highlight of the induction...

FYI, the NHL Network showed the complete ceremony last night along with the game. The ceremony started at 7:00pm ET and the game started around 8:00pm.

I do hope this sets a precedence for the network and as we know, they have not shown these types of ceremonies in full in the past.

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