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The Phoenix Coyotes (successor to the Jets) retired Hawerchuk's No. 10 during the 2006–07 NHL season.
On April 5, 2007, Hawerchuk was inducted into the Phoenix Coyotes Ring of Honor[1] joining Bobby Hull and Thomas Steen. The Jets/Coyotes franchise retired his number 10 on April 5, 2007. Unlike Hull and Steen, who were honored in Jets colors, Hawerchuk's number was retired in Coyotes apparel, despite the fact that Hawerchuk never played in Phoenix and all of his time with the team was in Winnipeg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Hawerchuk
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You're right though. Even though everything says "retired," it looks like the only numbers actually retired are Doan's #19 and Gretzky's #99. Weird.
...and I don't think a franchise is allowed to retire a number that has never played for them before (other than a league-retired number), but I could be wrong on that for sure. I mean, I have been wrong at least once before, so it's possible it could happen again.
Edit: Anyway, I'm done yelling at the clouds now. It was just a brief moment of "
they're not even the same franchise, lol" but I'm over it.
