I will admit they do have some similarities
Both choked big time on the Olympic ice
Wasnt first 5 seasons the healthy ones for Lindros and his best years?
I truly think OV is still improving his game, and has not peaked.
Only if Lindros is an old Schlitz thats been out in the sun for a week (and dinged up), then I could see OV as a Samuel Adams Light

Yes, many of the points made by the author are true, and I agree that Lindros deserves his due. But it’s not like anyone who reads that article would really be converted; those of us that find truth in it have probably had similar thoughts in the past or were otherwise predisposed to agree with the author’s point of view.

If Lindros had a long and storied career, even without any cups, I do believe Lindros had the skill and talent to stay ahead of Ovechkin in numbers. But history doesn’t remember what could have been, only what happened.

To give an example from a parallel situation, there has always been a part of me that wondered if Mario Lemieux had stayed healthy, and not battled everything from back pain to lymphoma to atrial fibrulation, could he have been regarded by history as a better player than Gretzky? An argument could be made, but no one would ever be converted by such an argument, no matter who put it together. History won’t regard him as better just because he had the potential to possibly be better, and the same will apply to Ovechkin and Lindros.

lindros had better hands, and was physically stronger. and would have destroyed OV given this point their respective careers.

however, i think OV will be a much better goal scorer

with both of them, there was/is always a possibility something big was going to happen on every shift.