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Eric Lindros supports William Nylander's switch to No. 88

Kyle Cantlon
·Writer
MONTREAL, CANADA - NOVEMBER 12: Eric Lindros #88 of the Toronto Maple Leafs looks on against the Montreal Canadiens during the NHL game at the Bell Centre on Novenber 12 , 2005 in Montreal, Canada. The Maple Leafs won in overtime 5-4. (Photo by Charles Laberge/Getty Images)
Lindros doesn't care about Nylander rocking No. 88 and neither should you. (Getty)

Those still looking for a reason to be Mad Online In July over William Nylander’s switch from No. 29 to No. 88 just took a big blow to their fake outrage campaign.

Eric Lindros himself — the “real” No. 88, the Big E — took to Twitter on Wednesday to politely let everyone know that the big-time Maple Leafs legend who played a whopping 33 games in the Blue and White like 13 years ago does not care about any of this in the slightest.

If you’re one of the lucky ones who has absolutely no idea what I’m talking about, congrats. Essentially there was a small but vocal chunk of (mostly boomers, let’s be honest) Leafs Twitter that was outraged a little soft Swede like Willy Nylander actually had the audacity to switch his number from 29 to 88 — famously worn by Lindros who was not soft nor a Swede or a Nylander.

You can catch a synopsis of the ridiculousness here, but basically people are hypocrites and the outrage over this was very dumb.

Now that the Big E has spoken, let’s put this in the ground and get ready to argue over some real stuff like Mitch Marner’s value or who Morgan Rielly follows on Instagram.

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