Lindros: Flyers GM asked me to make comeback in 2012
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It turns out Eric Lindros may have had the chance to prolong his Hall of Fame career after several years away from the game.
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"The Big E" spoke to reporters in Toronto on Friday following the ring ceremony as part of the Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, where he explained that in 2012, former Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren asked if he was willing to come out of retirement.
Lindros says Holmgren asked him back in 2012 about coming out of retirement and 88 said: "Are you nuts?" Wasn't sure if the GM was serious
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By 2012, Lindros was already been out of the NHL for five years - he retired after the 2006-07 season - but what a sight that comeback would've been.