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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Nine seasons is a long time in the modern NHL. Very few players stick with the same team longer. If playing basically your entire career for the same team is the criteria for jersey retirement going forward, the number we'll see will be vanishingly small. How long until Chara has played long enough in Boston to have his jersey retired? Will Stamkos retire a Lightning?
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He played in more like 7.5 seasons because he only played 9 games his first season and only played 46 games in his last season. Plus the fact he asked to be traded pretty much eliminates him in giving him a jersey retirement imo.
Chara will play at least 12 seasons with the Bruins so he will be an easy jersey to retire.
Personally I think you need to have played at least 50% of your games with the team in order to get jersey retired.