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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
so, as a rookie, they have to take #26, but once they score 30 goals, they can get #85?
That is one hot take.
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My original standard was “star player”. You’re either a star player or you’re not, and it either makes sense for you to have a showy number or it doesn’t.
85 is maybe the worst number in hockey. It’s been worn by a bunch of nobodies and Petr Klima, who, near as I can tell, is the only person to ever kiss the Stanley Cup whilst wearing it.
Full list of 85s:
Vitaly Abramov
Morgan Ellis
Petr Klima
Martin Marincin
Rostislav Olesz
Matthieu Perrault
Liam Reddox
Three of seven 85s wore it for the Oilers, if you needed more proof that number is the hockey equivalent of pancreatic cancer. Apologies to anyone with pancreatic cancer - at least you didn’t have to play an NHL game wearing a shirt with a ####ing 85 on your back.