VOORHEES, N.J. -- Last spring, the Philadelphia Flyers knew they were going to be without franchise player Eric Lindros for an undetermined period.

	Lindros isn't smiling much these days, and he's certainly not in a Flyers practice uniform.

Lindros did return for a pair of games at the end of the Flyers' playoff run, then suffered his sixth concussion, putting his career in greater jeopardy.

With the Flyers' 2000-2001 training camp about to open on Sunday, the Flyers know they're probably going to be without Lindros for good.

Lindros is home in Toronto, probably sidelined until at least midseason. If or when he is healthy enough to play, it probably will be for another NHL team.

The Flyers say they've moved on. After making a surprise run to the Eastern Conference finals last year without Lindros, the team is set to regroup and see if it can repeat that same sort of team spirit for an entire season.

"I think it was accepted last year," John LeClair said. "I think everybody's feeling was they knew what was eventually going to happen this year. It's not like a shock that we're coming to camp and he's not here."

General manager Bob Clarke indicated the Flyers want to get back to hockey without distractions.

"With Eric, every little injury became bigger than what it was, bigger than the team," he said. "But now we just want to play hockey. We don't need any of that stuff anymore."

A nameplate for Lindros is conspicuously missing from the locker room at the Flyers' new Skate Zone practice facility.

"It's really been a closed chapter as far as the guys in the locker room are concerned," Keith Primeau said. "It hasn't been a topic of discussion."

LeClair and Lindros were linemates for the better part of five years. That era appears to be over, and LeClair isn't worried.

"I think we'll be a good club," he said. "I think that's one thing we gained last year, we got some confidence in each other."

Is it odd not seeing No. 88 strolling through the locker room for the first time since 1992?

"It is and it isn't," LeClair said. "We've moved to a new building, there's a lot of new things, so it makes that transition a lot easier. I played a lot of games last year without him so it's not going to be that foreign to me."