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TORONTO — Eric Lindros’ hair is a mess.

It is Kina Lindros who makes this statement. Standing over her husband, who has just removed his toque and is now sitting on the living room couch after having dropped off their kids at pre-school, Kina comes to the conclusion that Eric is in badly need of a hairbrush and some product — as well as a woman’s touch — before having his picture taken.

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And so she leaves the room and returns less than a minute later with a glob of gel, which she furiously rubs into her husband’s hair.

“This is ridiculous,” Lindros says laughing, while Kina moulds and sculpts. “It really is.”

“Perfect,” she replies. And then she’s off again, leaving Eric alone for his close-up.

This, of course, is just the dress rehearsal. The real photo-op will occur later in the week, when Lindros returns to Philadelphia to have his No. 88 Flyers jersey raised to the rafters at Wells Fargo Center before Thursday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.