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Originally Posted by Funkhouser
I hate 'Forever a Flame'...at the same time there needs to be tiers of recognition.
Lanny and Iggy are the only two that deserve to be retired IMO
2, 14, 25, 30 and 34 all deserve some sort of recognition, but cheezy banners isn't it. Neither is a full blown retirement. Just put something in the concourse for the lower tier players.
A franchise with one cup shouldn't have 5-6 retired numbers. The optics are Edmonton levels of embarrassing
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what optics?
Except for Al Hamilton, Edmonton has only retired numbers of players who are in the Hockey Hall of Fame. so the Edmonton comparison isn't really valid in this case.