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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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The number of jersey retirements
should be vanishingly small.
There are only four numbers currently retired in Calgary (Officially or in practice) - 9, 12, 14, 30. The only real omission at this point is 2. I would say four or five in 35 years is reasonable.