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jayswin · 07-19-2015, 06:56 PM

The jersey number thread piqued my interest on this.

I understand Jarome's number retirement will likely be after he has retired from the league, but Kiprusoff retired in 2013.

I don't really have a frame of reference on this as I've never really paid attention to retirement timing, but is it standard to wait a few years before retiring player's numbers?

I guess I'm just not sure what the benefit is in waiting a bunch of years when he's clearly one of the most important players in club history. On a selfish level I'd just like to see the ceremony.

And hopefully they fully retire his number and skip the cheesy 'honor a Flame' or whatever it is.

07-19-2015, 06:56 PM	#1
jayswin Celebrated Square Root Day Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	How long until Kiprusoff's jersey is retired? The jersey number thread piqued my interest on this. I understand Jarome's number retirement will likely be after he has retired from the league, but Kiprusoff retired in 2013. I don't really have a frame of reference on this as I've never really paid attention to retirement timing, but is it standard to wait a few years before retiring player's numbers? I guess I'm just not sure what the benefit is in waiting a bunch of years when he's clearly one of the most important players in club history. On a selfish level I'd just like to see the ceremony. And hopefully they fully retire his number and skip the cheesy 'honor a Flame' or whatever it is.