THE FLYERS' Eric Lindros era ended not just badly, but badly twice, over a 15-month period. Radioactive fallout would cast a sickly afterglow for more than a decade.
Age and the sepia-toned filters of time have finally softened the disappointment for many of the era's protagonists, allowing them to celebrate a run that created some of the most amazing moments and memories in the franchise's 50-year history. When a number of them gather for Saturday's alumni matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins, they'll talk about great goals and great victories, not concussions or coach firings or discord.
"The teams we had, we should have won a Cup or two.