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In light of Bryce Harper’s injury — and the countless others that local fans have watched their favorite players suffer — Isabella DiAmore took a look at some ofPaul VI’s Hannah Hidalgo, one of the nation’s top recruits, will be bringing her basketball talents to the international stage when sheEach week, we highlight a story here that might have felt a little long to commit to during the week but is absolutely worth the time.
Long before Lindros became an NHL star and Philadelphia icon, he was “The Next One,” a prospect so highly touted as a teenager that 30 years ago, two teams traded for him at the same time. In the summer of 1989, then-Flyers head coach Paul Holmgren and general manager Bob Clarke traveled to Ontario to scout several players at a Hockey Canada camp leading up to the 1990 World Juniors. Sixteen-year-old Lindros, who played for the Metro Junior B St. Michael’s Buzzers at the time, physically stuck out “like a sore thumb” among his peers, Holmgren said.
But Holmgren wasn’t wowed by Lindros’ size alone. Unlike other gangly 16-year-olds whom Holmgren scouted in the past, Lindros boasted a rare sense of coordination. “That’s the first time I’d seen Eric, I don’t know if Bob had seen him before or not,” Holmgren said. “But Clarkie, I remember him saying vividly, ‘Oh, we’ve got to figure out a way to get this guy.’”
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