Eric Lindros was the Flyers' best forward and scored their goal in a 2-1 loss to the Devils in Game 6, but in the first period of Game 7 last Friday, another 2-1 defeat, he absorbed a ferocious, clean open-ice hit from New Jersey defenseman Scott Stevens. As Lindros lay on the ice curled in a fetal position, his mouth hanging open after another concussion, the stunned crowd knew it might have seen him play his last game.

--from "No Holding Back" by Kostya Kennedy, Sports Illustrated, June 5, 2000