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Lindros gets okay to play

By Compiled from Times wires

© St. Petersburg Times, published November 28, 2000

TORONTO -- Eric Lindros has been cleared to play again, six months after he was knocked out of the playoffs with a concussion.

Lindros' lawyer, Gord Kirke, said the restricted free agent was cleared Monday by Chicago-based neurologist James Kelly.

"He's ready to practice full out -- if he has a team," Kirke told the Canadian Press. "He couldn't step into a game at this point. But he's certainly at the stage where he can get himself game-ready by practicing with a team."

Lindros, 27, has been working out with the York University team in Toronto. The forward has said he will not play again for Philadelphia, and Flyers general manager Bob Clarke has said he wants full value in return from any team that wants to sign Lindros.

Lindros has not played since sustaining a concussion -- his sixth in 27 months -- when checked by New Jersey defenseman Scott Stevens in May. He was appearing in his second game after a 10-week absence forced by post-concussion syndrome.

In July, Lindros rejected Philadelphia's $8.5-million qualifying offer. He can sign with another team, but the Flyers can match any offer.

RED WINGS: Goalie Manny Legace didn't dress Monday against Chicago because of a sore left knee. Aren Miller was called up to back up Chris Osgood. Forward Yuri Butsayev was demoted to make room for him. Also, defenseman Chris Chelios is rehabilitating his left knee seven hours a day, a little more than a week after surgery to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Detroit's Sergei Fedorov won the award. In four games he had seven goals, 10 points and a plus-5 rating.

Monday's games

CANADIENS 3, THRASHERS 2: Montreal got its first home win in more than a month behind Dainius Zubrus, who scored two goals, and Martin Rucinsky, who had a goal and an assist to extend his point-scoring streak to six games.

Montreal, which had lost seven in a row at the Molson Centre, avoided setting a team record for consecutive home losses after tying the mark set in 1939-40.

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