Lots of these archives were just recorded on low quality VHS, and then rendered with bad quality converters on a computer, then uploaded in a terrible quality in early youtube which was in 360p. The real archives from the TV stations are looking pretty good if the team had enough budget to get it filmed with quality cameras and skilled technicians.
Yeah but that late hit after lindros scored a goal that wasn't dirty at all. No your right stevens wasn't an angel. There was plenty of guy in the league who hit hard and didn't end careers. And then stevens ran and hid from fights why he's a dick you play bug you fight big.
@@socialseahawksfan9325Stevens was the dirtiest of hitters. Blind side on lindros, blind side on Kariya both to the head. Career ending hits to the head are dirty in my book.
@@alfonseklyne9027 Stevens played the game hard and within the rules of his era. He had zero suspensions for hits. And you see him fight a much MUCH bigger Lindros in this very video several times. Stevens had well over 100 career fights. He even fought Probert several times too, who is known as the best NHL fighter of all time. I don't care if you hate Stevens, but lying is useless.
I watched the game when Lindros got injured the last time, Im still happy I saw those games, seeing LeClair Renberg and Lindros. I can say, hey man I saw those games. I live in Sweden and NHL was like wow thats hockey. When Philly vs Detroit, we got it on like one satelite chanel, I took my bicycle and rode ride whatever 20 kilometers just to watch it, My friend who is a Montreal fan btw lett me watch those games, A well was a good time, Sorry for bad english
Isn`t that the whole idea.....catch him with his head down... hey don`t they TEACH YOU to keep your head up...........Guess Lindros didn`t get the memo... ..Lindros was and always will be know as a goon that thought he was all that and a bag of chips...He thought he was too good for Quebec N.As for Stevens and lindros fight ..what do you expect 4 inches taller and 40 lbs heavier...
@@stevenmacinnis418 *Lindros was all that & a bag of chips!!! Do you even remember how good he was??? Just cuz he got caught with his head down doesn't take away from how many years he dominated!!! 99% of most NHLers never even get 1 year of domination, show a lil respect, the guy was extremely talented!!!
@@dvo1245 seriously. Lindros was on his way to easily being a top 10 all time player. Him not wanting to go to Quebec, was all to do with the Nordiques owner. Not the fans, city, or team. Marcel Aubut is to blame. Stop being a salty bitch and respect a legendary career.
Lindros and Kariya both had their Hall of fame careers cut short due to head targeting. Current players owe them both a dept of graditude for making the league change its stance on concussions and hits to the head.
There’s a difference between them though Lindros only took one head shot where Kariya took several. Kariya should be in the same category as Sakic and Ron Francis and Jagr. It took several hits to make Kariya slow down.
@@TheRealKingKevin Crosby's had a few concussions over the years, and the biggest difference was, back in the 90s enforcers were still a thing, if you hit a star player.. you'd get the shit beat out of you. Not anymore, that's part of the reason we see more concussions now a days, no enforcers to actually police the players. Even Wayne Gretzky said this exact same thing, he didn't get hit much because he was very well protected. When he went to LA he wanted Marty McSorley as well with his trade. The enforcers need to come back. Crosby has nobody to protect him from getting hit in the head, and he still gets up and plays and plays well.
@ConFlict 19 NHL suspensions is what protects him duh. Back then enforcers did it because if you hit somebody in the head it was acceptable but today nobody will hit you in the head because they be suspended. Crybaby had the softest hit in the history of sports lol
Stevens was always a dirty hitter, Lindros never backed down, in fact beat the shit out of Stevens many, many times. Stevens had the Napoleon complex with Lindros being the beast he was.
@@mae0742not really, stevens was forced into retirement by doctors as well. And if you call cutting the career short of a far more talented player with a cheap elbow a ‘win’ it just shows how obsolete stevens career was
2 things really played an impact on Lindros. 1) When his brother's career was ended by concussions. Lindros played so differently after that. 2) And of course this hit as you mentioned.
Cuban Assassin Wow you must be very new to the game look up Dave Brown and what he did to arrange a player that ranks in the top five I don’t think Scott Stevens even got a penalty but then again the referees they were just on the ice watching the game check out the Dave Brown hit
Cuban Assassin Thank God Len Ross is so brutal that one solid shot to the skull in his career began to end thank you Scott Stevens thank you Con :-) trophy winner three times Stanley Cup winner Lindros has been nothing to show for his career
He lost the fight for sure...but a "pretend tough guy"?.. he never backed down from anybody in the league .. you think you would have been able to hold your own out there ?? C'mon buddy- you're on CZcams
@everydaycarry1328 Yeah guys like Stevens were a dime a dozen, just draft someone who can't play hockey but was good enough to skate and take people's heads off when they weren't looking.
I don’t care what people think if Stevens, he is a dirty player. The hit at 1:28 is a great example of it just like the hit on Kariya. The reasons why we remember him as a fierce player is because he is Canadian and he had a reputation as a “great leader” that won Stanly cups. On the contrary, a guy like Darius Kasparaitis is remembered as a cheap shot artist because he isn’t Canadian. This dude should have served time in prison for raping.
Hit after Lindros goal by Stevens would have got him suspended today. Picking up speed and boarding a guy from behind after play is whistled dead is poor sportsmanship. It took Lindros career away early and he was great to watch. Lindros was huge draw for NHL in the nineties era which suffered from trap hockey and lockouts. Would love to see a big size talent like Lindros again. If he was playing now I think he would have had a much longer career.
@@maltelauridsbrigge3776 you're an idiot if you believe that. That was absolute intentional head targeting. The initial point of contact was lindros's head. Stevens even threw his arm up to make sure he got in a head shot.
They had a bunch of tough dudes who finished fights rather than start them. The only instigator they had, ironically, was Snow. And he wasn’t about to start nothin with Stevens.
I was a big lindros fan. And I like how Scott Stevens played. By today's rules yes many of Scott's hits would be dirty and illegal. But back then they weren't. You just have to keep your head up. Protect yourself at all times. I hate seeing superstars careers end early. Lemeiux,Lindros,Lafontaine. So many greats gone too soon.
Even with those debilitating concussions that Lindros suffered, he was twice the player that Stevens was when healthy. And *anyone* who say’s & or think’s any differently in that regard, is a certified numbskull.
Hmm.. Second most games played by a Defenseman in NHL history 1635 Regular Season Games Played 233 Playoff games Played 1126 points including playoffs 8 seasons with more than 50 points, 56 with more than 60, 2 with more than 70 Never had a negative +/- in 22 seasons NHL All Rookie Team 13 x NHL All Star His name is engraved on the Stanley Cup three times Conn Smythe Trophy winner First Ballot Hall of Famer One of the top captains in NHL History One of the hardest hitters in NHL History But yea, he's half the player Lindros was because he absolutely leveled him whenever he decided to skate across the middle of the ice while he stared at his skates.
Bad blood gets to the point where Stevens just decides to end Lindros' career. If Lindros had let him win a couple fights, he might not have done this....then again, what did Kariya or Ron Francis ever do to Stevens...
Charlie Kozlov too in '95 I think. Kozlov came back from it and won two Cups. I guess getting blindsided by Stevens was nothing compared to the horrific automobile crash he had also survived.
@Puckman637 Stevens was better in that era than Lindros? In what aspect? In the couple of times when they dropped the gloves in this video, who looked like they usually got the better of who? You've got one player who is scoring goals and the other is trying to take them out heading into the boards after the puck is already in the back of the net. That just comes off as jealous or bitter or a cheapshot artist. If someone is trying to be an agitator and get him off his game, being 6'4", do you think the team is going to send a goon after them, he had to fight his own battles. He wasn't someone who was just going to skate around headbutting random people either, everybody wanted to poke the bear. Also in that "era" between the 2, one of them hovered around 4th all time in points per game and the other not so much, i'll give you 2 guesses who and the first one doesn't count.
Kaspy was the first player to get Lindros with a solid concussion causing hit. Unfortunately that hit was so devastating that concussions just started coming more frequently to Lindros following this first big blow. Stevens finished off prob the biggest and toughest and one of the best players in NHL history. I don’t even like Lindros but he came in dominate to the nhl. If not for players wanting to hit him so bad he would’ve prob gone down as one of the sports best. He was a victim of what he created tho.
@BobbyBars14 you gotta think with Lindros' bowling ball play style, concussions were gonna be inevitable. The guy would show up, score a hat trick on you and beat up your enforcer in the same night. Those hits just sped things up. A lot.
I remember going to a party in Philadelphia. When we started talking about hockey, they asked everyone about their favorite team and player. With the answers Penguins and Scott Stevens i didn’t really make any new friends that night.
oh yea lindros headbutting stevens is a totally legal play, dragging stevens to the ice to grapple and throw on the ground absolutely fair, lindros crossing the blue line on a 4-1 with his head down getting hit with the puck insanely dirty throw the book.
@@blazin1397 lol. Lindros haters are so funny. Anybody that matters knows Lindros was 100x better and had more impact on the history of hockey. But yeah. It's cool being like the 6th best player on a Stanley Cup team too!
@I Got That PMA Exactly, Stevens was far more relevant. Lindros was different due to size and talent, yes, he was talented but lacked speed as did all the flyers. It was clear when they got destroyed by the wings...
@@Andre-he6tp Stevens' only relevance was in the cheap shots he laid in retaliation against the immeasurably more talented players who constantly dangled him out of his jock. Little baby just couldn't handle the skill of the NHL.
Scott Stevens though ended Lindros's career with the hits he gave him skating with your head down & taking 4 defenders on in the zone by himself. Now if Lindros had done that to Stevens his head would detach. If it was todays game Lindros would be playing for straight 3 decades.
@ag4allgood I totally agree. Bobby Clarke was old school. And Flyers medical team kept clearing him to play. But what I noticed about this video. Almost every hit Lindros gave Stevens it was clean. And he won every single fist fight. Every hit Stevens did was dirty or when Lindros was making a move with head down. In todays game Steven don't make it 2 seasons without being banned. He always altered his body to hit the head. Lindros hit you in your core and still demolished you. Not to mention Lindros could fly man.
@@TheGlow57 Nope, led with the shoulder, elbow tucked in and came out in follow through. Hard to believe Lindros got as high as he did playing with his head down, usually a coupla hits like that in Juniors cures you of that habit.
One thing about Eric Lindros he's the only guy to be a legit Superstar to fight goons and all the other teams tough guys no other superstars ever done that they're always protected Bobby Clarke Wayne Gretzky..
leaf fan my whole life Wendel Clark was a very good hockey player but was notn a legit Superstar talking Gretzky Lemieux Lindros Bobby Orr legit Superstars. Clark my favorite Leaf of all time but was not a legit Super star he's a very good hockey player though.👍👍
@@glenholmgren1218 No Doubt Bobby Orr did fight a lot but he had a lot of protection you didn't mess with Bobby without going through the other guys too though Bobby Orr the best hockey player to ever lace up a pair of skis.👊👊👊👊
In terms of toughness, no one was touching the Patrick/Atlantic in the 90's. Featuring captains like Messier, Stevens, and Lindros, nothing beat a matchup between any of the teams within this division! Those games were sure to bring you up out of your seat...and being a Rangers fan, I grew up hating the latter 2 of those 3 names, but looking back, I absolutely loved what they brought to the rivalry.
In the 2001 Finals, karma really bit Stevens. As if it were a sign of how that game would end, Mr. Cheap Shot went to deliver a hit on Rob Blake, only to have Blake send HIM flying to the ice! As a Rangers fan, that was a sweet as it got in those days! I remember Lindros's first game as a Ranger against NJ - that was the night I became a fan of his, when, late in the game, he and Stevens were driving near the boards and Lindros nailed him into the boards with a hard hit! His first bit of payback for that cheap hit that effectively ended his career in Philly.
@@zephyr9031 It wasn't a playoff game, but Manson did destroy Stevens. He deserved it. March 1991 Blackhawks vs Blues at Chicago Stadium. St. Patricks day massacre. Numerous ejections. I was in attendance.
I am an Islander fan and living in NY I got to see a lot of Lindros playing all 3 local teams (Isles, Rangers and Devils). He could have been so much more if not for concussions. To me Scott Stevens is the best physical defensemen that I have ever seen. Sorry - he was not dirty to me at all. If your head was down crossing the blue line in a playoff game against the devils you needed to make sure where Scott was when you went over the blue line. Though not in this video (thanks for posting) Stevens did try to take advantage of Lindros with a few extra shoves. I really don't think the video includes it, but I recall a fight where Lindros finally stood up for himself and really put a beating on Stevens.
The dirty stuff was thrown from both sides, and so I have no objections. "If you dish it, be ready to take it" type of deal. Mostly I'm just sad that Lindros' career was cut so short. He was an all-around great player and leader, and I find myself hardpressed to find an equivalent since his time. The only person I can think of who comes close is Ryan Getzlaf.
Ulf Samuelsson sticks his knee into Cam Neely’s thigh and everyone calls it a cheap shot. Scott Stevens sticks his shoulder into Eric Lindros’ head and people celebrate and say that’s hockey Eric shouldn’t have had his head down. It’s high level hypocrisy at its worst. Stevens was dirtier than Samuelsson.
I agree if this hit happened today it’s easily 5 games for a first time offender. Scott Stevens playing today would have a far worse reputation than a Tom Wilson currently does. Different era for sure but Stevens was praised and made a career out of dirty hits deemed in today’s nhl!!!
Lol...but the headbutt was within the rules right? Eric cheated as well. Funnier when the bigger guys do it and then bitch when it occurs to them...lmmfao!
I have little to no sympathy for how Lindros had to retire or how his career was ended rather short.... He was a victim of his own creation in a way. Tried to be a bully so players targeted him right back. He did lots of dirty shit himself in his career. I loved this time and era in hockey. It’s kinda all speed and talent in today’s game.
I do watch football but sadly candy ass fans like apparently you, like to have opinions on big hits in that sport to. I don’t understand why you watch videos like this? Stick to the Crosby videos I guess. Maybe take in a Disney flick or something.
What a cream puff. You do realize that domestic situations happen to everyone including hockey players? Hockey is a wicked sport and so is football but sadly the cream puff fans like yourself and having to take hits and fights out of sports and than have opinions on another’s personal domestic situation because you read a few things. You are a prime example of the kinda fans that cause this shit.
I believe Brett Lindros' career was ended after only three seasons from concussions. I was watching that Devils/Flyers game on tv. You just felt sick about it. A clean hit but malicious intent. Saw Kariya's, too. Nasty hit.
I was never a Lindros fan, but absolutely despise Stevens......so it's nice to see Lindros destroy him in a one on one fight. Stevens was one of the dirtiest players in NHL.
Reply to this comment with other player or team rivalries you’d like me to make a video on.
Pittsburg and Philly had some heated and viscous games and rivalries.
Shannon Wilson I’m thinking about doing an 80s Calgary Edmonton Video next but I may do that after
80’s battle of Alberta
Early 2000 Canucks vs blues
Will you do a best of getting a new stick after having a broken stick or players giving up their stick to a teammate with no stick.
You should do one with Jeremy Roanik sorry for the spelling and Darian Hatcher.
why do WWII videos have better quality than all the 90's NHL stuff?
LOL, I am 49 years old and remember watching these games and have wondered that many times- the quality is terrible.
Lots of these archives were just recorded on low quality VHS, and then rendered with bad quality converters on a computer, then uploaded in a terrible quality in early youtube which was in 360p. The real archives from the TV stations are looking pretty good if the team had enough budget to get it filmed with quality cameras and skilled technicians.
Hhahh. I was thinking the same thing!
Right i was watching clips from 2005 and it looks like it’s from 95 lol
One was on film the other on videotape.
lindross won most of their battles but payed the ultinate price in the end and lost the war
Because Steven's knew he couldn't beat lindros so looked for the cheap shot way
True fucking story.. no open ice hits.. have shut down so many great careers
Funny how no one remembers Lindros's head butt until they watch this video they'll never see.
So true, too many people saw him as a helpless victim of a dirty scott Steven's when Steven's was one of the cleanest big hitters in the game.
Yeah but that late hit after lindros scored a goal that wasn't dirty at all. No your right stevens wasn't an angel. There was plenty of guy in the league who hit hard and didn't end careers. And then stevens ran and hid from fights why he's a dick you play bug you fight big.
@@alfonseklyne9027 you're a sorry beotch 🤪😂🤡🤦🏻♂️
@@socialseahawksfan9325Stevens was the dirtiest of hitters. Blind side on lindros, blind side on Kariya both to the head. Career ending hits to the head are dirty in my book.
@@alfonseklyne9027 Stevens played the game hard and within the rules of his era. He had zero suspensions for hits. And you see him fight a much MUCH bigger Lindros in this very video several times. Stevens had well over 100 career fights. He even fought Probert several times too, who is known as the best NHL fighter of all time. I don't care if you hate Stevens, but lying is useless.
Man lindross was awesome back in 93 l, a big guy moving like that! I see why people loved him
Lindros was a fantastic player and definitely could have so much better if it weren’t for his injuries.
Bobby Clarke ruined Lindros.
and being a tool...most of his own teammates did not like him
Baby since getting drafted
Lindros played tough but he didn't grow eyes on the back of his head. Stevens wasn't the only player Lindros nailed.
@@rickcolumbo3148Nah, Kasparaitis did
I watched the game when Lindros got injured the last time, Im still happy I saw those games, seeing LeClair Renberg and Lindros. I can say, hey man I saw those games. I live in Sweden and NHL was like wow thats hockey. When Philly vs Detroit, we got it on like one satelite chanel, I took my bicycle and rode ride whatever 20 kilometers just to watch it, My friend who is a Montreal fan btw lett me watch those games, A well was a good time, Sorry for bad english
I know he got injured vs Devils, just told my story ok :)
Don't worry, hockey English is always perfect English!
Cheers
Your English is very good
First thing we were taught in Youth hockey, always have your head up!
You can have you head up and still get hits dirty like Lindros was. Stevens should be in jail.
Sounds like you were also concussed at some point then
Bad elbow as well !
Basically Stevens gets ragdolled by Lindros unless he catches Lindros with his head down. Straight up, man to man he gets pummeled.
Isn`t that the whole idea.....catch him with his head down... hey don`t they TEACH YOU to keep your head up...........Guess Lindros didn`t get the memo... ..Lindros was and always will be know as a goon that thought he was all that and a bag of chips...He thought he was too good for Quebec N.As for Stevens and lindros fight ..what do you expect 4 inches taller and 40 lbs heavier...
Lindros had it coming. He got finally got him.
@@stevenmacinnis418 *Lindros was all that & a bag of chips!!! Do you even remember how good he was??? Just cuz he got caught with his head down doesn't take away from how many years he dominated!!! 99% of most NHLers never even get 1 year of domination, show a lil respect, the guy was extremely talented!!!
@@dvo1245 seriously. Lindros was on his way to easily being a top 10 all time player. Him not wanting to go to Quebec, was all to do with the Nordiques owner. Not the fans, city, or team. Marcel Aubut is to blame. Stop being a salty bitch and respect a legendary career.
@@goskateminnesota7256 Wrong, he was too slow, it was going to catch up. He isnt even top 30
Lindros and Kariya both had their Hall of fame careers cut short due to head targeting. Current players owe them both a dept of graditude for making the league change its stance on concussions and hits to the head.
Or just teach kids to keep their heads up and protect themselves.
There’s a difference between them though Lindros only took one head shot where Kariya took several. Kariya should be in the same category as Sakic and Ron Francis and Jagr. It took several hits to make Kariya slow down.
nevertweet015 crybaby Crosby got a little love tap on the head and was out 10 months with a concussion. The softest concussion in all sports history.
@@TheRealKingKevin Crosby's had a few concussions over the years, and the biggest difference was, back in the 90s enforcers were still a thing, if you hit a star player.. you'd get the shit beat out of you. Not anymore, that's part of the reason we see more concussions now a days, no enforcers to actually police the players. Even Wayne Gretzky said this exact same thing, he didn't get hit much because he was very well protected. When he went to LA he wanted Marty McSorley as well with his trade. The enforcers need to come back. Crosby has nobody to protect him from getting hit in the head, and he still gets up and plays and plays well.
@ConFlict 19 NHL suspensions is what protects him duh. Back then enforcers did it because if you hit somebody in the head it was acceptable but today nobody will hit you in the head because they be suspended. Crybaby had the softest hit in the history of sports lol
If Lindros played today 2020 it be nutzzzzz!!!! He changed the game in so many ways.
He would still get crushed today because there is still checking in hockey and he is an idiot who never learns.
@Steve Miller everyone has their weakness. The hits on him are up for debate on the legality. 🧐
@@monztermovies
They wouldn't have been legal today, but they were back then.
He would still skate with his head down, and eventually get run over. He played his whole career like that.
@@monztermovies BS if you lead with your face...
Lindros was awesome and is in the Hockey Hall of Fame ... NHL
Stevens was always a dirty hitter, Lindros never backed down, in fact beat the shit out of Stevens many, many times. Stevens had the Napoleon complex with Lindros being the beast he was.
Steven's won in the end.
Stevens wasn't a dirty hitter, it was a different game then with different rules
@@mae0742not really, stevens was forced into retirement by doctors as well. And if you call cutting the career short of a far more talented player with a cheap elbow a ‘win’ it just shows how obsolete stevens career was
@@CornbreadEarlleven then he was considered a cheap shot artist. Just shows how dirty he really was considered even then
Eric was a beast when he was healthy
Was a beast til he got his bell rung
Stevens was the beast
The whole 9 games of his career
He was always hurt
You mean when he was on steroids 1:26 🤣🤯 EMOTIONAL DAMAGE 🤯🤣
Lindros: well on his way to a 1000 point career.
Stevens: 4:35
Eric was NEVER the same after that hit by Stevens.
2 things really played an impact on Lindros. 1) When his brother's career was ended by concussions. Lindros played so differently after that. 2) And of course this hit as you mentioned.
Neither was Kozlov !!
He was already on the downward spiral after he got his bell rung by Darius Kasparitis a few years earlier.
Steven's gets pummeled 20 times...the only way for him to to win 1 was probably the dirtiest hit of all time.
You must not realize what you're talking about if 1) You think that last hit is dirty. And 2) if you think that's the dirtiest of all time.
Cuban Assassin Wow you must be very new to the game look up Dave Brown and what he did to arrange a player that ranks in the top five I don’t think Scott Stevens even got a penalty but then again the referees they were just on the ice watching the game check out the Dave Brown hit
Yeah it was a good one wasn't it? Knocked the shit right out of him, lol!!
a suicide pass was Lindros's downfall watch the vid again...
Cuban Assassin Thank God Len Ross is so brutal that one solid shot to the skull in his career began to end thank you Scott Stevens thank you Con :-) trophy winner three times Stanley Cup winner Lindros has been nothing to show for his career
Flying headbut was cool
Still a better love story then twilight
Stevens is one of thr dirtiest players ever
no he isnt
Claude Lemieux
💯 filthy
wah wah wah
Filthy..
Anyone who has ever taken a hard hit to the head knows about the pounding headache and nausea (among other things) that happen afterwards.
Yep.
Got shouldered in the jaw with my head down, felt like my chin was on the side of my face lol
People often remember that one hit by # 4, but these two had staric going on long before that.
When they actually dropped gloves and fought Stevens got his ass beat up! Stevens always picked his spots he was a pretend tough guy
He lost the fight for sure...but a "pretend tough guy"?.. he never backed down from anybody in the league .. you think you would have been able to hold your own out there ??
C'mon buddy- you're on CZcams
Buddy shut your damn mouth the guy never shied away from anybody. He’s light years tougher than you’ll ever be you keyboard warrior!
And I will PRETEND I didn't read that u idiot. Stevens was as tough as they came
And he ended Lindros' career
@Last chance Cowboy yeah but he was a dirtbag on the ice
Ahhhh man, this is just the best, all you're missing is some romantic classical music playing in the background lol
Poor little Stevens, I guess he couldn't blindside Lindros in the head from behind like he did to everyone else in the league.
Stevens is trash
He blindsided him from the front instead
@everydaycarry1328 Yeah guys like Stevens were a dime a dozen, just draft someone who can't play hockey but was good enough to skate and take people's heads off when they weren't looking.
908 points and +395 career. Won the Conne Smythe in 2000. His defensive awareness was generational
@dylanobrien4617 He turned into a cheap shot artist at the end of his career.
he did not appreciate the helmet headbutt
I don’t care what people think if Stevens, he is a dirty player. The hit at 1:28 is a great example of it just like the hit on Kariya. The reasons why we remember him as a fierce player is because he is Canadian and he had a reputation as a “great leader” that won Stanly cups. On the contrary, a guy like Darius Kasparaitis is remembered as a cheap shot artist because he isn’t Canadian. This dude should have served time in prison for raping.
Just cause it was a little bit of a late hit?
@@trashpanda5379 When you do it consistently? Yes!
@@kazuoishi9339 this is hockey brother
@@trashpanda5379 good observation.
I agree, stevens was absolute garbage and should have been taken out. Was a total disgrace to the league and the game!
Always nice to see Stevens get his ass kicked !
I do believe he had the last laughs, some rings, and annihilated Lindros.
Always nice to see Stevens lay out Lindros!
@@Romulus503 Ehhhh not really
@@Romulus503 no it isn't. Stevens is a douchebag. Fortunately the NHL Doesn't have those kinda players anymore.
Now the cheap shot Stevens laid on Lindros makes sense,only way Stevens could beat him,he was a headhunter pos
Stevens when you compare careers was so above what Eric Lindross did and they both retired for the same reason
Nothing cheap about it
Well Scott Stevens won 2 Cups, and Lindros told Qubec to stick it. Carma is a bitch. Sorry 3 Cups
Wasnt a cheap shot at all keep your head up
I guess you missed the part of the clip where Lindros drilled Stevens in the face with the top of his helmet. 3:20
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Lindros had frosted tips, no wonder he couldn't take a hit.
Hit after Lindros goal by Stevens would have got him suspended today. Picking up speed and boarding a guy from behind after play is whistled dead is poor sportsmanship. It took Lindros career away early and he was great to watch. Lindros was huge draw for NHL in the nineties era which suffered from trap hockey and lockouts. Would love to see a big size talent like Lindros again. If he was playing now I think he would have had a much longer career.
Ha, today's NHL would ARREST you if you targetted the head like that. I'm talking, throw-away-the-key!
That wasn't "a hit by Steven's" (2:00) after the goal, it was a crosscheck!
A high one, to be exact. Stevens was a POS, but I love how everyone in here is trying to re-write history.
No shit
he pushed him while his hands were on his stick. go watch soccer
@@MrTedMcForehead exactly. Lindross trips Marty and headbutts stevens. He dirty too?
@@trashpanda5379 Oh, Lindros was dirty as fuck. That's why I liked him. Mr Hockey was pretty damn dirty too, and is my all-time favorite player.
Lindros still looking for a number of that train....
20 game suspension in today's NHL
What a joke. For a perfectly executed clean hit.
@@maltelauridsbrigge3776 you're an idiot if you believe that. That was absolute intentional head targeting. The initial point of contact was lindros's head. Stevens even threw his arm up to make sure he got in a head shot.
@@maltelauridsbrigge3776 shut the fuck up. How is an elbow to the face clean?
Cheap shot by Stevens after Kinsey's goal at 2:00
a push?
Stevens always dirty
Lol that headbutt was hilarious. I was born the same year that happened, so i hadnt seen it till now. The tv stations never showed that one.
The sad thing is his team didn't get Stevens for the hit. They were the broad street ladies when Lindros played there
I totally agree. Bob Clarke did nothing to help him from taking any shots. There was no retaliation for it
They had a bunch of tough dudes who finished fights rather than start them. The only instigator they had, ironically, was Snow. And he wasn’t about to start nothin with Stevens.
It’s cause Lindros was a dick.
Lindros and his era of Flyers was the most fascinating team to watch. Ever.
That is one of the funniest comments ever.
No Stanley Cups during that era!
If you liked routing for a flash on the pan. Lindros nothing more than a 1 hit wonder .
eric lindros the most dangerous player ever, and what great talent
Thank god stevens finally waited for lindros to lower his head... Otherwise stevens would still be getting crushed!
Stevens ended Lindros's career.
Lindross ended his own career by fucking teammate Rick Tocchets wife
@@ghophuckurselves3562 uh oh!! Is that true???😲😲😲
@@ghophuckurselves3562 I thought that was Rod Brind’amour??
@@ghophuckurselves3562 That sounds like one of the urban legends
Steven's was filthy
One word to describe Stevens: dirty.
That same word describes Lindros.
Anddd another dirty hit by Stevens @1:30
Cheap shot king
Dirty?...LOL.....want to see dirty...play at 3:18.
@@motorhead25paybacks are a bitch
Stevens start the fight then holds on for dear life
Lindros is a wimp for starting crap with smaller players . He got what he deserved.
lindros was bigger than stevens and could score. stevens didnt like that and made sure he knew it throughout their careers
@@Regurgitator85 lindros fought every tough guy in the league what the fuck you talking about?
Amazing how many amazing players careers have been ended by unnecessary injury’s
Scotty got the last laugh
not really......he is still an overrated pos
@@jerryvansickle8663
He's a pos with 3 cup rings. ;)
ESPN commentators see an arms down, clean hit. I'm seeing an elbow through a guy's face lol.
Flyer eyes
Good clips !!!!
It's the speed and momentum that cause damage along with contact even if it is ever so slight.
I was a big lindros fan. And I like how Scott Stevens played. By today's rules yes many of Scott's hits would be dirty and illegal. But back then they weren't. You just have to keep your head up. Protect yourself at all times. I hate seeing superstars careers end early. Lemeiux,Lindros,Lafontaine. So many greats gone too soon.
Indeed. Add Kariya and Marc Savard to that list.
The guy was a predator he must have got slapped around a bit when he's a kid. What he did to Kariya
Despicable.
May have not been dirty then but don’t forget he was considered a cheap shot artist even in those standards
Even with those debilitating concussions that Lindros suffered, he was twice the player that Stevens was when healthy. And *anyone* who say’s & or think’s any differently in that regard, is a certified numbskull.
We’ll let the Stanley cups do the talking there
@@kendrickmaeldun - didnt know individual players won cups
dumb response
Hmm..
Second most games played by a Defenseman in NHL history
1635 Regular Season Games Played
233 Playoff games Played
1126 points including playoffs
8 seasons with more than 50 points, 56 with more than 60, 2 with more than 70
Never had a negative +/- in 22 seasons
NHL All Rookie Team
13 x NHL All Star
His name is engraved on the Stanley Cup three times
Conn Smythe Trophy winner
First Ballot Hall of Famer
One of the top captains in NHL History
One of the hardest hitters in NHL History
But yea, he's half the player Lindros was because he absolutely leveled him whenever he decided to skate across the middle of the ice while he stared at his skates.
Stevens as a defenceman finished with more points in the regular season and playoffs. Lindros's ego ended his own career.
Coming through with your head down . Scotty just licking his lips. Love it . Eric played the same game in Oshawa . Welcome to the big time
That hit in 2000 is why half of lindros' brain is liquid mush.
Bad blood gets to the point where Stevens just decides to end Lindros' career. If Lindros had let him win a couple fights, he might not have done this....then again, what did Kariya or Ron Francis ever do to Stevens...
😆. “I’ve had it with Lindros. I’m just gonna end his career.”
@@FryngeMinority This is what Stevens did with multiple high calibre players.
What they did to him was the thing he hated the most, be far better at hockey than he could ever hope to be.
Charlie Kozlov too in '95 I think.
Kozlov came back from it and won two Cups.
I guess getting blindsided by Stevens was nothing compared to the horrific automobile crash he had also survived.
How often do you see the top goal scorer on the team fighting like that ! Lindrossss
Messier
Gordie Howe
Stevens was pretty tough when the other guy wasn’t looking.
Stevens got the last laugh. Watching Lindros or any Flyer laying there is so sweet.
Lindros - ZERO Stanley cups.
looks like lindros had the edge in the fights so he won those battles, but lost the war
Yeah lost the war because of a dirty hit. Stevens was great KOing people with elbows
@@figo7ronaldo Exactly. I saw it, too: that was also the elbow involved. So: must have been 2 mins for sure.
figo7ronaldo did you see lindros headbutt stevens?
Puckman637 played it better doesn’t mean playing it cheap
@Puckman637 Stevens was better in that era than Lindros? In what aspect? In the couple of times when they dropped the gloves in this video, who looked like they usually got the better of who? You've got one player who is scoring goals and the other is trying to take them out heading into the boards after the puck is already in the back of the net. That just comes off as jealous or bitter or a cheapshot artist. If someone is trying to be an agitator and get him off his game, being 6'4", do you think the team is going to send a goon after them, he had to fight his own battles. He wasn't someone who was just going to skate around headbutting random people either, everybody wanted to poke the bear. Also in that "era" between the 2, one of them hovered around 4th all time in points per game and the other not so much, i'll give you 2 guesses who and the first one doesn't count.
Kaspy was the first player to get Lindros with a solid concussion causing hit. Unfortunately that hit was so devastating that concussions just started coming more frequently to Lindros following this first big blow. Stevens finished off prob the biggest and toughest and one of the best players in NHL history. I don’t even like Lindros but he came in dominate to the nhl. If not for players wanting to hit him so bad he would’ve prob gone down as one of the sports best. He was a victim of what he created tho.
@BobbyBars14 you gotta think with Lindros' bowling ball play style, concussions were gonna be inevitable. The guy would show up, score a hat trick on you and beat up your enforcer in the same night.
Those hits just sped things up. A lot.
When you add it all up, stevens owed lindros a receipt for all the dirty antics over the years.
man...as a devils and a Scott Stevens fan... I feel bad for lindros... that was a nasty hit
So do I as a Capitals fan who loves Scott Stevens and all those guys from the late 1980s in high school. (That cheapshot was wrong!)
I remember going to a party in Philadelphia. When we started talking about hockey, they asked everyone about their favorite team and player. With the answers Penguins and Scott Stevens i didn’t really make any new friends that night.
That shoulder to the head was the nail in the coffin for Lindross.
I really wish it was Lindros that ended Steven’s career instead of Steven’s pretty much career being Lindros. Kariya career was cut short too
Waaaannnnh 😢😂
So a super cut of Lindros completely owning Stevens and Stevens doing what he did best to make up for it, a dirty hit.
Stevens the cheap shot king
oh yea lindros headbutting stevens is a totally legal play, dragging stevens to the ice to grapple and throw on the ground absolutely fair, lindros crossing the blue line on a 4-1 with his head down getting hit with the puck insanely dirty throw the book.
So the hit from Lindros at 3:19 is clean?
headshot king stevens got headshotted himself about 20 times in first fight
Love to see it
one of em’s got rings and actually had a career that mattered
@@blazin1397 lol. Lindros haters are so funny. Anybody that matters knows Lindros was 100x better and had more impact on the history of hockey. But yeah. It's cool being like the 6th best player on a Stanley Cup team too!
@I Got That PMA Exactly, Stevens was far more relevant. Lindros was different due to size and talent, yes, he was talented but lacked speed as did all the flyers. It was clear when they got destroyed by the wings...
@@Andre-he6tp Stevens' only relevance was in the cheap shots he laid in retaliation against the immeasurably more talented players who constantly dangled him out of his jock. Little baby just couldn't handle the skill of the NHL.
Further proof that the last hit was an intentional premeditated head shot. Stevens was overmatched for the most part.
DamThatRiver85 hahahaha Stevens wins
@@iron60bitch62 Right? He wins in all areas minus fighting... last laugh and rings.
3:18 That head but 🤣
Lindros put an absolute beating on Stevens when they fought in 93. Crazy how he could manhandle such strong guys like Stevens and Chris Simon
He was only like 20 at the time, too. What an athlete
Scott Stevens though ended Lindros's career with the hits he gave him skating with your head down & taking 4 defenders on in the zone by himself. Now if Lindros had done that to Stevens his head would detach. If it was todays game Lindros would be playing for straight 3 decades.
@ag4allgood I totally agree. Bobby Clarke was old school. And Flyers medical team kept clearing him to play. But what I noticed about this video. Almost every hit Lindros gave Stevens it was clean. And he won every single fist fight. Every hit Stevens did was dirty or when Lindros was making a move with head down. In todays game Steven don't make it 2 seasons without being banned. He always altered his body to hit the head. Lindros hit you in your core and still demolished you. Not to mention Lindros could fly man.
Lindros had a history of not keeping his head up
@Shabazz Rgt When you have a history of headbutting other people, you better keep your own head up, yea?
Lindros didn't play clean himself, but I think Stevens should be in jail instead on Hall of Fame. For what he have done to many careers.
all 100% legal and encouraged by the league and media at the time. Don't hate the player hate the game.
1:54 Cheap shot Stevens - a sign of things to come.
Lindros dished his share out. It was nice to see Stevens reboot his mainframe.
Dirty elbow
@@TheGlow57 Nope, led with the shoulder, elbow tucked in and came out in follow through. Hard to believe Lindros got as high as he did playing with his head down, usually a coupla hits like that in Juniors cures you of that habit.
One thing about Eric Lindros he's the only guy to be a legit Superstar to fight goons and all the other teams tough guys no other superstars ever done that they're always protected Bobby Clarke Wayne Gretzky..
Paul Smith Wendel Clarke was a legit superstar and fought Probert several times
leaf fan my whole life Wendel Clark was a very good hockey player but was notn a legit Superstar talking Gretzky Lemieux Lindros Bobby Orr legit Superstars. Clark my favorite Leaf of all time but was not a legit Super star he's a very good hockey player though.👍👍
Paul Smith Orr fought his own fights.
And didn’t get the kid gloves treatment that Gretzky did
@@glenholmgren1218 No Doubt Bobby Orr did fight a lot but he had a lot of protection you didn't mess with Bobby without going through the other guys too though Bobby Orr the best hockey player to ever lace up a pair of skis.👊👊👊👊
@@RYrenaissanceGuy
Clark was no superstar. He was a trouble maker cockroach cheap shot punk!
"I'm about to end this man's whole career"
- Scott Stevens
Every one of my hockey coaches from mites until midgets: “Keep your head on a swivel!”
I remember back in the day, In the kids league, the team from Hershy Pennsylvania were called the Squirts. Absolutely true.
Those two had some sick battles, miss those days, young buck going to these devils flyer games.
Nobody talks about how Neidermeyer steered everyone into Stevens
I remember this so well you just knew one of them was going to go down. And well it was unfortunately lindros.
in the end, Stevens ended Lindros' career.
In terms of toughness, no one was touching the Patrick/Atlantic in the 90's. Featuring captains like Messier, Stevens, and Lindros, nothing beat a matchup between any of the teams within this division! Those games were sure to bring you up out of your seat...and being a Rangers fan, I grew up hating the latter 2 of those 3 names, but looking back, I absolutely loved what they brought to the rivalry.
Messier was the Oilers heartbeat. Messier bled oil. Born in Edmonton. Rangers was a paycheque.
@@lmtada *Vancouver was a paycheck...Mess’ tenure in NY was what solidified his legacy as the greatest leader in hockey history.
Stephens could throw good hits . But couldn't fight.
Stevens was a piece of shit
In the 2001 Finals, karma really bit Stevens. As if it were a sign of how that game would end, Mr. Cheap Shot went to deliver a hit on Rob Blake, only to have Blake send HIM flying to the ice! As a Rangers fan, that was a sweet as it got in those days!
I remember Lindros's first game as a Ranger against NJ - that was the night I became a fan of his, when, late in the game, he and Stevens were driving near the boards and Lindros nailed him into the boards with a hard hit! His first bit of payback for that cheap hit that effectively ended his career in Philly.
@@zephyr9031 It wasn't a playoff game, but Manson did destroy Stevens. He deserved it. March 1991 Blackhawks vs Blues at Chicago Stadium. St. Patricks day massacre. Numerous ejections. I was in attendance.
Enforcers would help but fights lead to concussions too. RIP Bob P.
I remember watching that hit live. Clean hit. Stevens was one of the toughest players in NHL history. I’d rather skate into a fire hydrant than him.
When Lindros was fighting Stevens he wasent even fighting his hardest or he would have killed Stevens
Walter Costa 6’5” Lindros vs 6’1” Stevens you do the math
ozzy eMate he cheap shotted his whole career and was only useful to end people’s careers, what the hell is your point
either way they were both incredible hockey players
Doubtful, Stevens destroyed the broad street bully
@@sturrrdy Are you saying Lindros was an incredible player? Barely above average at best.How he got into the HOF is mind-boggling.
I am an Islander fan and living in NY I got to see a lot of Lindros playing all 3 local teams (Isles, Rangers and Devils). He could have been so much more if not for concussions. To me Scott Stevens is the best physical defensemen that I have ever seen. Sorry - he was not dirty to me at all. If your head was down crossing the blue line in a playoff game against the devils you needed to make sure where Scott was when you went over the blue line. Though not in this video (thanks for posting) Stevens did try to take advantage of Lindros with a few extra shoves. I really don't think the video includes it, but I recall a fight where Lindros finally stood up for himself and really put a beating on Stevens.
Sorry, that was a check to the head, today, Stevens would have been given 5 and a game, and probably a few games.
@@mikehenningsen8796 I agree that if this took place today there would be a suspension - but not the case back then.
He was dirty.
Stevens made Lindros his bitch
Lindros owned Scott Stevens until that one hit. Stevens was a late hitter.
30 years ago.. jeez. Where did they go?
The dirty stuff was thrown from both sides, and so I have no objections. "If you dish it, be ready to take it" type of deal.
Mostly I'm just sad that Lindros' career was cut so short. He was an all-around great player and leader, and I find myself hardpressed to find an equivalent since his time. The only person I can think of who comes close is Ryan Getzlaf.
The saddest part is that his final concussion didn't even come from being hit in the head at all. Just a simple check did him in
Они друзья потом стали?
Lindros is still a much better player then Stevens in all aspects of the game
Didn't they fight one more time after the 5/26/00 hit or am I remembering it wrong?
Back when hockey was still a hard game.
Ulf Samuelsson sticks his knee into Cam Neely’s thigh and everyone calls it a cheap shot. Scott Stevens sticks his shoulder into Eric Lindros’ head and people celebrate and say that’s hockey Eric shouldn’t have had his head down. It’s high level hypocrisy at its worst. Stevens was dirtier than Samuelsson.
I agree if this hit happened today it’s easily 5 games for a first time offender. Scott Stevens playing today would have a far worse reputation than a Tom Wilson currently does. Different era for sure but Stevens was praised and made a career out of dirty hits deemed in today’s nhl!!!
Lol...but the headbutt was within the rules right? Eric cheated as well. Funnier when the bigger guys do it and then bitch when it occurs to them...lmmfao!
I have little to no sympathy for how Lindros had to retire or how his career was ended rather short.... He was a victim of his own creation in a way. Tried to be a bully so players targeted him right back. He did lots of dirty shit himself in his career. I loved this time and era in hockey. It’s kinda all speed and talent in today’s game.
I do watch football but sadly candy ass fans like apparently you, like to have opinions on big hits in that sport to. I don’t understand why you watch videos like this? Stick to the Crosby videos I guess. Maybe take in a Disney flick or something.
What a cream puff. You do realize that domestic situations happen to everyone including hockey players? Hockey is a wicked sport and so is football but sadly the cream puff fans like yourself and having to take hits and fights out of sports and than have opinions on another’s personal domestic situation because you read a few things. You are a prime example of the kinda fans that cause this shit.
I believe Brett Lindros' career was ended after only three seasons from concussions. I was watching that Devils/Flyers game on tv. You just felt sick about it. A clean hit but malicious intent.
Saw Kariya's, too. Nasty hit.
...and Kozlov!
Stevens was a psycho. He ended careers.
Lindros and Stevens HATED each other when they played
May 26 , 2000 was the beginning of the end for the Big E
id say kasperitis hit was the beginning of the end stevens was the final nail.
Scott Stevens: the elbow king
Stevens had 2 elbowing minors in his 1800 plus games
Do your homework
He was a savage and one of the greatest defenseman ever
@@njmariner22 yeah, more a shoulder killer ... glad to see such shit not accepted any more
I was never a Lindros fan, but absolutely despise Stevens......so it's nice to see Lindros destroy him in a one on one fight. Stevens was one of the dirtiest players in NHL.
Love seeing Stevens eat those fists in the first clip. Good times.