i'm still kinda embarrassed with what the team's done for the jersey retirement/honour roll stuff. putting up Vernon's number as the 2nd in franchise history, ahead of a whole galaxy of stars and hall of famers, I think right after that they were like "oh crap, maybe we should have thought this through better...umm how about Forever a Flame!" and now we have this awkward two tiered system where you are celebrated as being good enough to have your own ceremony night, but not good enough to get your number raised.
the only way to fix it would be to lower Vernon's banner, raise MacInnis's, dump Forever a Flame, and then hang 12, 14, 34 in the rafters of the new arena. I don't really want to see a sad Vernon though, so it'll never happen.
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