Lindros Pact Tops League
Eric Lindros has signed a deal with the Philadelphia Flyers for $16 million over two seasons, giving him the highest average salary in NHL history.
The agreement ups his current salary of nearly $4 million to $7.5 million for this season, and gives Lindros $8.5 million for 1998-99, club president Ed Snider said. Lindros could have become a restricted free agent after this season, so the Flyers bought one more year.
Flyers general manager Bob Clarke and Carl Lindros, Eric’s father and agent, began negotiating the contract Wednesday with plans to sign a deal by Christmas.
“They’re concerned with where the market is going, and they don’t want to be tied down to any number,” Snider said when asked why Lindros didn’t sign a longer-term deal. “Things have escalated at such a rapid rate that they don’t want to look foolish and they want to know they’re in the marketplace.”
On the ice
Mike Eastwood scored two goals - his first of the season - and Pat LaFontaine had another game-winner as the struggling New York Rangers beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 Wednesday night to win for only the second time in 13 games.
In Uniondale, N.Y., Tommy Salo stopped 28 shots as the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-0 for their third straight victory.