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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Fun fact -- I took that photo.
And off-topic, but can we please get over this "honoured numbers" BS? We're literally the only team in the NHL to do it and it's nonsense. And if you're not gonna give out numbers like 2 and 14, do the right thing and take them out of circulation instead of going all loosey-goosey with it. It's lame and dumb and insulting.
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I kind’ve like the “honoured numbers” thing because it guarantees that a “retired” number has to occur for a really damned good reason.
Iginla, as an example, is just such a reason, and will rightly have his number retired. But some players (like Nieuwendyk, for example) while having had great success in Calgary, arguably made their greatest marks elsewhere. The “honour” concept helps us celebrate our history without watering-down the notion of “number retirement”.
(Full disclosure: I’m one of those old-Burke-like-cranky-guys who appreciates seeing players wear hockey numbers, instead of football numbers because all the lower ones are unavailable. Probably only acceptable in Montreal, given their history, but even then all the “40s” and “60s” have taken some adjustment...)