Tony Twist tries to get Eric Lindros to drop em 2/3/96

[gqnelly]

Lindros was a wuss? Are you serious? Eric was as strong or stronger than Twist. You can see Twist is picking a fight to get him off the ice...there was no reason to fight. You get your best guy off the ice...for Tony Twist? A stupid trade....

[wehateturkss]

Twist was such a goon

[bigguedo]

A guy like lindros who seemen to fight more of the smaller guys could of gained respect fighting a guy like twist. In 97 joe kocur tried to get lindros to go. he looked at lindros in the face and said you wanna fucking go with me?? Lindros went to the bench. smart,if joe did land a punch lindros would of been out with another head injury.

[gqnelly]

@bigguedo Dude...what reason would Eric Lindros have to go with a goon? None. Eric Lindros could hold his own with anyone...

[79wylie]

as good as everyone seems to think lindros was as a fighter even i know lindros wouldnt drop the gloves here because he knows twist would have toasted his ass twist was one of the nhl greatest fighters

[joebruin666]

lindros is a cunt. sick of people defending him. he was a great tallent. only fought with guys when he knew they were at a disadvantage. size, outnumbered oponents, from behind or knowing that the refs would break it up quick cuz he was a star. think they woulda tested him for enhancing him self illegally? nope. people only look at the guys who got singled out in sports. how bout the ones that dont get caught. by the way. fuck lindros. spoiled bully with no legacy but an eggshell for a head.

[buttkick22]

@joebruin666 beukeboom, stevens, hatcher, daneyko, chris simon, odelien, grimson, quintal, mcsorely, mclaren, simpson king, thornton etc are all outsized non fighters? C'mon man. SO he didn't fight a worthless goon like twist. So what. The same bruins fans who make fun of him for this are the same ones who say "Why would lucic ever fight a guy like laraque". And lindros was a much better/more important player than lucic ever will be

[joebruin666]

@buttkick22 I cant stand Lucic just for that reason. Then he goes an quits during the Orr fight on top of it. Lindros was a cunt. Twist would have embarassed him and he knew it. Picking fights with guys like Verbeek an R.Niedermayer was his bread n butter. Spoiled bully with lots of talent and no heart is the definition of Lindros. Ppl would die to be drafted in the NHL and he refused to go to Quebec. He only fought Grimson cuz young players actually had to earn respect in the old NHL.

[RonyMexico]

not a lindros fan, but i think he would've given twist all he could handle, just saying

[Roskismummo]

Anyone know of any games on torrent sites where Lindros playes? I would like to compare him to present day superstars(Thornton, Getzlaf, Nash) myself. My brother who is 10 years older than me watched Lindros play a lot and claims that Lindros was way better than Joe Thornton.

[darkhorseitalia13]

@Roskismummo The BIG E was Better than Thornton and was the only Superstar that could Fight The Big Boys He was Great!!!!

[Omgwtfimcow]

when Eric gets real mad he will kill him there .. but to get Eric real mad you have to cheap shot him

[keyrabuns69]

@Omgwtfimcow you sir, are a complete fucking moron. It seems as if you are so much of a lindros nut swinger that his concussions filtered through him and made you a retard. Lindros wouldn't clean shit with Twist. "When he get real mad" lol. What a joke. Lindros was a scorer, twist was there to fuck people up when shit got ruff. Only douche bags bring up the goals and points of twist.

[Omgwtfimcow]

oh lol i saw some "Eric Lindros is a pussy" in comments and i have to say ... look at what tony twist did in hockey and look at what Eric does .... lol im so honest if tony twist scores like 5 goals in nhl in his whole carrier .... and anyway when eric get real mad he will clean the whole arena with twist .. and most of the time he gets mad when somebody cheap shot him .... and 2) thing is twist was a fighter .. Lindros is not at all

[kaiyote79]

@Omgwtfimcow eric lindros was a pussy, he only fought people smaller than him, tony twist would have destroyed him.

[keyrabuns69]

@Omgwtfimcow are you completely fucking stupid? Its seems as if you are so much of a Lindros nut swinger that his concussions filtered through him, into you, and made you a complete fucking retard. Lindros wouldn't clean shit with twist. Except Twists knuckles whit his pearly whites. Lindros was a scorer, Twister was just there to fuck people up when shit had to go down. Only douche bags bring up Twists goals scored. It wasnt his roll.....REMEMBER BRETT HULL? HULL > lindros.

[joebruin666]

hahaha he did the same in a game with grimson but looked even more of a pussy hahaha. lindros only liked 2 fight guys past their prime and guys like rob niedermayer. theres no doubt that he was a great tallent and a strong guy, but cumon. anyone refusing 2 go 2 their drafted nhl team is a whiny spoiled individual. he shoulda been greatful 2 be drafted in the 1st place. he could give it and not take it physiclly. it was a great site 2 see when the legion of drool was swept by detroit hahahahaha

[wehateturkss]

nah, Lindros wasn't a pussy, he took on mcsorely and id rather take on twist then mcsorley.

[insanehockeyfan]

Eric wasn't being a puss you big dumb ass! He was smart enough to see what tony twist was doing. Trying to get him off the ice for five min. Eric has had plenty of fights with guys as tough or tougher than tony twist. The one thing Lindros wasn't was a puss!

[Celmer77]

@insanehockeyfan

Yeah lindros was one of those rare players that was good at everything and knew when it was neccessary to hit and fight and when it wasnt stupid, he didnt play hockey just to fight like this twist fool.

[aace2ace]

erics testiculs turned to ovaries

[TonyTwistFan]

too bad i would of liked to see twist ko this fucking tomato can

[BeEazzzy]

lol

[Midnightrambler3760]

Lindros was an awesome fighter but he had nothing to gain by fighting a no talent hockey player like Twist.

[MafiaWars23]

or he lacked the testicular fortitude. Lindros was a decent fighter for his time. He was shit compared to the old schoolers ie Twist, Kocur or Semansky.

[Swordsfor200Alex]

YOU MORON.....Lindros's pussy started screaming - run, hide, the Twister is coming. I was at the game - the Blues were pissed because Eric the Twat - was running guys like Geoff Courtnall and Steve Duschene. When Twist tried to "talk" to him about it he ran away.....PUSSY

[valac123]

@Swordsfor200Alex Again stupid comments - Lindros was so strong that he was closer to bear or gorilla then to human ..... If he was training only box instead of hockey like Twist - he will kill most of fighters in less then three hits. Even as star player he was one of best hard guys ever

[bls13thmember]

hahaha you knew lindros wasn't gonna fight twist. Twist would have hospitalized him.

[masean2000]

Twist would have not got off lucky he would have beat lindros to a pulp and gave him another concusipn

[belphegor79]

What the hell is a concusipn?

[yimmitznarf]

Twist wouldn't have known his bad luck...he got off lightly!!

[STdeKaliss]

0:55 Great shift by Twist, He would've KOed that dumb Ontarian in no time if Lindros had the guts to fight him.

[Sharksfan27]

would YOU fight Twist? No. I dont think very many people would, Tony Twist is a scary guy.

[ThaOneChrisJONES]

@STdeKaliss I was born and raised in Ottawa Ontario buddy so shut the fuck up about Ontario. We produce some tough motherfuckers in Ontario.

[scaccia1991]

lindros is such a fucking dummy why doesnt he go get another concusion

[Sharksfan27]

Lindros would have been an all time great if it wasnt for his inability to keep his head up and not get wrecked.

[88BigEtrain]

@Sharksfan27 He is an all time great.Targetting his head was the only way for those losers to stop him.I hope you know it,targetting deliberately somebody's head is a garbage.Why do you think,the league is taking out that garbage?Lindros was beyond a beast,way beyond.I'll give you a list of forwards that at a certain moment have to have their head down.It's pretty long though.Lindros was hated for being unbeatable face to face,man to man and you know it.

[88BigEtrain]

@Sharksfan27 He's an all time great.He totally lived up to the hype,and unlike Wayne or Mario and others,he was able to do things that were unimaginable to the others.His game had everything that you can wish in your dreams your favorite player had.Once in a lifetime player,a slam dunk HHOF inductee.

[Iampilch5]

lindros would of died against twist

[joejohn1423]

lindros is not "fear" he was S-M-A-R-T. he's the best player on the team , they need him playing, not sitting for 5

[BobbyBars14]

lol..smart huh? Ask Scoot Stevens how "smart" Lindros was for floating across the neutral zone with his dopey head down.

[eustonstn]

Who is Scoot Stevens?

[charliemonzo]

Wrong...the correct answer is Who is Scott Stevens and 09 playoffs. LETS GO FLYERS. giroux

[BobbyBars14]

Ahhahahha. And once again I'm reminded of exactly how moronic Flyers fans really are. Lets see, the Devils have 3 cups in just over a decade and you guys have...well...you haven't won a cup since disco was in style. Now go join your team on the golf course. Mine might be there right now as well, but at least we have a few stanley cup rings to show off.

[COMPTON837]

@BobbyBars14

And you remind me of pussy devils fan who team just sent home buy the flyer who are in 7th place.

[frogy1999]

Love the response,LMAO.

[arkanzaz15]

LINDROS IS FEAR

HAHAHA

twist lui aurait fracassé la gueule

[hellbombx]

fuck eric lindros

[IAmBuuSHI]

sdfu you loser they needed him that fucker get his team in trouble but that what a captain should do not cost his team 5 but like you now shit so ill drop it

[TMWTim]

Hat Trick? That's cool and the objective of the game. Get in a scrap with Twist and he will really make you famous. Lindros was wise going out like a bitch.

[metalheadsince94]

yehh but lindros didnt fight much if any at all

[TMWTim]

Had Lindros dropped the gloves his carrer would have been over a lot sooner. He made the right choice to go out like a bitch. Twist was a fucking bulldog and would have owned Lindros in a HUGE way.

[tommclarty17]

Hey dumb fuck, Twist was just trying to take the best player in the game at that time off the ice for 5 minutes. Pretty shitty trade off, especially since Twist was about as valuable to his team as a fuckin used puck bag.

[joyfulvulture]

"Hey dumb fuck, Twist was just trying to take the best player in the game at that time off the ice for 5 minutes"

it was 7-3 with one minute left you moron.

[Swordsfor200Alex]

HEY MORON....Eric the TWAT - was running guys like Geoff Courtnall and Steve Duschene. Twist went out there to "Talk" to him, which is his job. Eric the PUSS ran away.

[bigdcowboys01]

do u look in the mirror and think wow im a fuckin idiot? used puck bag? are u serious thats the best u have...that would be like me saying your a dirty tampon from a bloody syphilitic hooker... and tony twist was a good player just way better at fighting and it was 7-3 with a minute to go so how retarded does ur comment sound now?

[buttkick22]

die hard sabres fan but COME ON.....lindros was a dominant force in his prime...he fought almost everyone and won he beat the crap outta a few sabres....if not for the head injuries he woulda been one of the best power forwards ever...even with the injury infested seasons and shortened career he is still one of the best...very dirty but give credit where credit is do....the game was over he scored a hat trick there was absolutely no reason to fight at that point

[trent232]

Come on let's be reasonable... Lindros fought many heavies too... Marty McSorley for example, and did well.

[jaypt5281982]

yea but twist is a whole different calibur, i think we can agree that wouldnt have worked out for #88 to well

[CanadianSnowLeopard]

Hysterical. Whenever it would be a guy like Zettler, Desjardins, Ulanov etc.., Lindros was a beast and would be punching those guys in furry even after they were vanquished and on the ice. However, when a guy like Twist would say: "How about unleashing that furry on me" Lindros behaved like a poodle.

[bls13thmember]

Lindros usually was a coward against the big guys but he did fight Simon once. Still he had no trouble fighting guys like Matt Barnaby who barely reaches 6'0".  That's ok Kasparaitis at 5'11 always owned him.

[billyrods]

Lindros was just a pussy plain and simple,he'd beat up the little guy after backing down from the big guy.

[jmacthett]

Guess Chris Simon, Marty McSorely, and Scott Stevens weren't big guys.

[skinwalkerxxx]

lindros was a coward

[belphegor79]

Most guys pussed out when it came to fighting Twist at this point in time. Why would Lindros fight someone who would obviously break facial bones?

[kingers36]

lindros was such a premadona as big as he was he could have been alot tuffer he was a big teddy bear rob ray could have kicked his ass for 40 mil he should have been alot more clutch but he choked alot the legion of doom line was a dream but he could not translate that into a cup so i dont want to here "he was a top player in the 90s" who care wheres his cup?

[Cloudumort]

after pussing out with twist he tried to fight courtnall, a guy half his size, then ran more when twist came back on the ice. this is one of the biggest bully pieces of shit to ever walk the earth. lindros never won anything, basically because he had no heart!

[blueslifer]

Lmao funny thing is,is that Geoff Courtnal would probably whip Lindros.

[brok3nce]

Lindros doesnt know what he was getting himself into. And Lindros was a overpaid jerk

[lukedulude]

You are an idiot!

He was top 5 in the 90's, he dominated.

And he would fight anyone anytime.

[ch33sybrandon]

thats exactly why he fought twist

[mangod27]

7-3 there is no reason, maybe twist should learn how to score

[juggalerboy]

twist loved to fight and would have beat the piss out of a pussy like lidros

[StaryFury]

lindros is a star player who has a mean streak. He cheapshots guys all the time and the runs away from fights. I dont blame him from running from the ass kicking that twist was going to give him, but grow a pair please lindros or dont complain when you destroyed via a check since thats the only way people can do damage to a puss.

[foil66]

you are obviously retarded. =D

[trent232]

Twist was a steroid freak with zero hockey skill.

'reat fighter, yes... but Lindros was a star player. Guys like him don't fight against the goon of the opposite team.

[DULDEN85]

lindros was a pussy after the money went to his head....twist would have knocked the piss out of him in no time flat...i remember that game...he taughted lindros the whole game...

[jaysoninthem]

do u remember the number lindros put up that game too......money never went to his head.....ur dumb

[DULDEN85]

oh my....im dumb....you're a poo poo head....dumbasss....the money never went to lidros's head are you retarded? he sucked $40 plus million and provided nnnnnothing...and wanted more...jerkoff....get a clue...and yes i remember the numbers...he should put them up every night for what he was being paid....like scott stevens played. who's really dumb here....you

[eagles1820]

oh no the star player for a proffessional sports team making 40 million dollars omg ive never seen that idk jagr a rod peyton manning tom brady about every teams star player lol you need to get a clue and for the most part he did earn the money he revitalized hockey in philadelphia he filled seats he sold jerseys he made plays fought sometimes(obviously not always as you can see in this video) he made hockey in philadelphia enjoyable again so get your head out of your ass

[DULDEN85]

my head is out of my ass.he played good for the first 3 or sop years..then it went to his head...he went from being the playmaker every game..to set me up....arod helped the yankees do what this year? jagirl helped the pens win what? hes a bitch too..im sure you never boo'd his as in philly either, i know i did, i bet you've never complained about high ticket prices either..whos the dumbass...oh...and i still dont see his name on the cup...unlike brind'amour

[eagles1820]

ok i never said anything about winning im just making the point that all athletes are paid high no matter if they produce if they produced in the past they will get paid but i agree brind amour is the man

[lukedulude]

Yes but it was a good thing for Quebec that he was such a bitch about playing in quebec.

Flyers traded Forseberg,Nolan,Ricci,kamenski and $ for him.

One of the worst trades ever especialy considering that Quebec won the cup the next year and lindros never made it once.

[alderaforall]

lindros would only fight if the other guy was smaller and weaker. He was pussy, that always took cheap shots. His biggest problem was that he was in love with the puck, never took his eyes off it which is a no no unless you like to get your head knocked off. Now a fly can run into him and he will get a concussion

[lansdale12]

that's because everyone was smaller that him. And didn't he use to fight scott stevens. He's not smaller or weaker than lindros

[ubercanuckle]

Twist and Probert are 2 of the meanest motherfuckers ever!

But Now I Like Belak and Laraque... 2 guys you can't KO

[gun4hire]

The only problem is that Belak is a really boring fighter

[JohnUnit]

very true, never gets completely dominated in a fight, but he rarely knocks someone out and rarely finishes it quickly

[oehieze]

wow eric threw him off wth one hand

[stephensarrazin]

lindros lo hubiera matado ese twist le hubieran bajado sus infulas al puto ese

[pdmad]

Vid uploaded.

Look, I understand why Eric didn't want to fight at that point. Why risk any injury? He was too valuable. And I dealt with Eric professionally several times and he was a really nice dude. So chill Philly fans. Peace.

[ogrebattle22763]

@pdmad Lolololololol... Tony Twist would have killed him! I understand trying to play it down if your a Lindros fan but you know as well as I do Lindros wanted no part of Twist... & it has nothing to do with Lindros being a nice guy & not wanting to risk injury nice try though!

[88BigEtrain]

@pdmad Thanks for those words,man.They mean a lot.

[pdmad]

Yes, Darthvtec is correct in that Tony and Eric had more than just this one altercation. I was at this game and if you remember Twist tried to fight Lindros right before the Corson/Otto fight. I will post this vid so you guys can see for yourselves.

Yes, Twist was one dimensional. And he was the most intimidating player here in STL that I've seen and the games were different when he played as opposed to when he didn't.

[nocjays]

The multitalented Tony Twist.

He can tie both skate laces all by himself.

[Ruggerio1994]

wut a great comment

[Dulcimerist]

Lindros was such a wuss! LOL

[phillycop5th]

pleazze

[darthvtec]

please what? lindros had like 4 points in this game and the blues were getting blown out. he wanted to get tough with top line players so the blues put tony out there. don't act like being a fighter is bad or something, it's part of the game. if you think tony was such a goon, you've never heard of dave "headbutt" shultz.

[Ruggerio1994]

its dave "the hammer" shults u idiot.. n yea he was enforcer and he was a goon.. but tony twist is also a goon...every team has had a goon when a flyer fan calls a player like tony twist a goon just admit he is a goon.. dont go "wut about dave shultz".. thats just stupid..we know he was a goon..we r just pointing out that tony twist is a goon too

[phillycop5th]

WHY WOULD LINDROS FIGHT THAT GOON

[darthvtec]

tony didn't need to fight him. the message was sent. eric was running guys and tony let him know it was going to stop. and guess what? "marshmellow head" chilled out after this and concentrated on offense, knowing that tony was waiting for any reason to beat on him.

[Ruggerio1994]

lol r u serious.. its under a minute and they r up 7-3.... thats why lindros wanted no part of that nobody..if it was 1st period lindros wuld have dropped the gloves..fucked em up.. n went to the box n continued to run everyone.....dope

[darthvtec]

try reading all comments before you mouth off. i said the blues were getting blown out, DOPE. why is every lindros lover is so angry? he couldn't learn to keep his head up while crossing the blue line and his career was done. BOOHOO

[Ruggerio1994]

y u changing the subject u dope????...u say he was tryin to get em to stop running guys in the comment i responded to...n u were wrong.. im not mouthing off im proving ur dopey ass wrong..

[darthvtec]

eric was running guys all game, a way to prevent it happening in the last part of the third was to put tony out there. it worked because if you look closely at 15 sec. he had a chance to "fuck him up" and clearly skates away. we only play phily once a year(even back then)and we had to put tony out there because we wouldn't see them the rest of the season. teams put their tough guy out on the ice at the end of a blowout ONLY if need be.

[darthvtec]

i bet avalanche fans LOVE lindros, he helped them win a cup by bitching about playing in quebec! HAHA

[Ruggerio1994]

i love how u continue to change the subject...who said anything about avalanche fans..

and teams put enforcers out late in the game because there is nothing to play for anymore...and to mix it up a little bit..not to stop people from running their team.. that makes no sense u do that early in the game to send a message.. wut does it matter if u send that message with 15 secs left..wow he stopped one guy from getting run.. that helps..stupid

[darthvtec]

had you seen the whole game, you would know that this was the last of MANY encounters between them, not the only one. i'm speaking from frst hand knowledge because I HAVE THE GAME ON TAPE. i'm not just talking out of my ass like you. now, i'm done with this, i don't have anymore time to school n00bs on hockey.

[Ruggerio1994]

lol i actually recorded every game in the lindros flyer era.. i have this game on tape n have watched the library on him alot.. and tonty twist is a goon lindros wulda killed him...ur stupid he wuldnt have put em out there int he last minute to send a message on a team they play once a year.. that makes no sense like ur entire argument.. ur stupid stfu im tired od SCHOOLING YOU!..dope

[Zaphrod88]

What an imagination. They were both thrown out of the game at that point, as the announcers say in the clip. Nice story though.