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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
It will be "Flames Forever". So will Iginla, and Kiprusoff and anyone else. The team announced that they are no longer doing jersey retirements. But that doesn't mean much in this case. Nobody will ever wear 12 or 14 again regardless of what you call the ceremony.
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There is no chance they do not retire Iggy's #. It is a time honoured tradition for great players. It would be a disgrace not to have one of the best RW's # retired when other teams are retiring #'s that were not near as good.
The "Flames Forever" was a stupid idea, but now that they have it they can't just drop it. I doubt it would look good if Macinnis was the only "flames forever" in the rafters.
They have opened a can of worms that did not need to be opened. What is going to be the new criteria to be a "flames forever" or a "retired #"? Where would someone like Kipper fall in?