PHILADELPHIA -- Eric Lindros won a Hart Trophy as NHL MVP, made six All-Star teams and helped turn the Philadelphia Flyers into a perennial contender.

His lasting image to many fans, however, is sprawled across the ice, curled in a fetal position, after New Jersey's Scott Stevens gave him his sixth concussion on May 26, 2000.

"That's the last thing I remember," said Matthew Sullivan, a 10-year season-ticket holder. "It was his last game as a Flyer. It's my last memory of him on the ice. It was a horrible thing to watch."

Stevens' hit during the first period of Game 7 of the 2000 Eastern Conference finals has been replayed so many times over the past 15 months that some fans wonder if they'll ever see any of the highlights from Lindros' eight-year career.

"Every time you see Lindros on the screen, you see that hit," said Joan Derant, a new season-ticket holder. "It's almost like he didn't accomplish anything when he was here. At least now we'll see clips of him putting that Rangers jersey on."

The Lindros Era in Philadelphia ended Monday when the Flyers traded the star center to the New York Rangers for left wing Jan Hlavac, defenseman Kim Johnsson, young forward Pavel Brendl and a third-round draft pick in 2003.

While it may take fans a while longer to forget Lindros, Flyers general manager Bob Clarke already is moving forward.

"The first thing you think about is, who's Hlavac going to play with, who's Johnsson going to play with, is Brendl going to be what we hope he is," Clarke said. "Honestly, in my mind, you just forget about Lindros. I did, right away."

Clarke, whose contentious relationship with Lindros forced the trade, couldn't resist a few parting shots.

"He hurt this organization," Clarke said. "I couldn't care less about him."

Lindros, one of the sport's most heralded teen-agers, came to Philadelphia billed as 'The Next One' -- as in the next Wayne Gretzky and next Mario Lemieux.

Gretzky won four Stanley Cups in Edmonton and Lemieux won two in Pittsburgh. Lindros went to the finals once and the Flyers got swept by Detroit.

Despite his personal achievements, Lindros' tenure in Philadelphia was marked by failed expectations, turmoil and controversy.

There was the bitter feud with Clarke, numerous injuries, his acquaintance with reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joey Merlino, and others.

Yet, Lindros never really wanted out of the organization -- until things fell apart with Clarke last summer.

"It was his hope to spend his entire career in Philadelphia," Lindros' lawyer, Gord Kirke, said Tuesday. "I remember when we first went there and he was talking about other players who were lucky enough to spend their whole career in Philadelphia.

"He's disappointed as anybody not to win a Cup, but that's part of the game. I don't think expectations were a factor in his play. He produced. I've talked to a lot of general managers and they told me even when he didn't score, he helped his team win just by his physical presence."

Lindros scored 290 goals and had 369 assists in 486 regular-season games. He had 24 goals and 33 assists in 50 playoff games.

But he never scored 50 goals in a season and reached 100 points only once. Even before sitting out last season, he missed 140 of a possible 626 regular-season games, with various injuries.

Clarke is happy he doesn't have to deal with Lindros or his parents again.

"We strayed away from what we've always believed and what we've always taught since we come here, that the team is the most important thing," Clarke said. "We ended up allowing Eric to be bigger than the team. And his parents demanded that, too."

Lindros refused to get in a war of words. Not even after the trade was completed.

"I don't care to get involved in it," he said.