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88 things about Flyers great Eric Lindros

The Eric Lindros era was entertaining and disappointing. It was giddy and nasty, fun yet ultimately unfulfilling.

He came to Philadelphia after a ridiculous series of events that required an arbitrator, a series of hearings, and hundreds of pages of testimony to untangle. Friday is the 25th anniversary of the day Lindros officially became a Flyer. So let's take a look at 88 things to know about Big E.

Lindros vowed to never play for the Quebec Nordiques, who drafted him with the first overall pick in 1991. He forced the Nordiques to make a trade, and they complied.