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10-10-2024, 08:32 PM
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#9 wasn’t too shabby.
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10-10-2024, 08:33 PM
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Following with interest.
Problem is the best players have their own numbers.
99/87/66/4
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10-10-2024, 08:34 PM
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My vote would be for #19... Yzerman, Sakic, Trottier, Doan, Toews, Tkachuk... I'm probably missing some as well. Actually I think Lindsay as well? Was Belliveau 19? I'll look those up...
What other numbers would compare to 19 tho, in terms of all-time greats who wore it?
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19 is a good vote.
5 is good. Langway, Denis Potvin, Lidstrom, Larry Murphy, Geoffrion, Marcel Dionne (Detroit era)
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10-10-2024, 08:41 PM
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10-10-2024, 08:52 PM
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4, 9, 19
1, 30, 31, 33
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10-10-2024, 08:52 PM
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66 and 99. That's how you learned quotation marks in school in the 80s and 90s.
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10-10-2024, 10:21 PM
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The best number is always 69.
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10-10-2024, 11:24 PM
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The best number is always 69.
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Only four NHLers (and Doug Glatt) have worn this hilarious number.
https://www.hockey-reference.com/fri....cgi?number=69
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10-10-2024, 11:25 PM
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GOAT!
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Turns out Lindsay was 7 and Belliveau was 4 (4 is also a good number!).
I feel like I'm missing a really good Canadien #19 though. Gainey maybe?
Edit: Robinson!! Man, how could I forget him.
Last edited by FanIn80; 10-10-2024 at 11:34 PM.
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10-10-2024, 11:26 PM
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Thornton?
Edit* Nvm CanadiEn no CanadiAn.
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10-10-2024, 11:32 PM
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Thornton?
Edit* Nvm CanadiEn no CanadiAn.
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Yeah, but you're right to mention him anyway. I forgot all about Jumbo.
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10-10-2024, 11:40 PM
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Yeah, 19 will be a tough one to argue against.
I just looked up Thornton's career, and yet another example of a Hall of Fame worthy player whose peak came well before age 30.
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10-10-2024, 11:48 PM
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9 and 19 were definitely the most popular forward numbers growing up. This was when team numbers were 2-22 1,31. No one could choose any of these special numbers.
4 and 2 usually the most popular defence numbers.
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10-10-2024, 11:57 PM
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Quote:
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Turns out Lindsay was 7 and Belliveau was 4 (4 is also a good number!).
I feel like I'm missing a really good Canadien #19 though. Gainey maybe?
Edit: Robinson!! Man, how could I forget him.
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Larry Robinson
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10-11-2024, 12:06 AM
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9 is the original best number in hockey. Gretzky wore 9 growing up but chose 99 because it was already taken.
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10-11-2024, 01:34 AM
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Gordie Howe, Rocket Richard, Lanny McDonald, Johnny Bucyk, Paul Kariya, Mike Modano, Bobby Hull. Oh, and that bum from Bumonton who played on Messier's line. 9 for me.
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10-11-2024, 04:41 AM
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19 - Tim Hunter
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10-11-2024, 12:24 PM
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GOAT!
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Gordie Howe, Rocket Richard, Lanny McDonald, Johnny Bucyk, Paul Kariya, Mike Modano, Bobby Hull. Oh, and that bum from Bumonton who played on Messier's line. 9 for me.
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Glen Anderson, I think? Randy Gregg?
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10-11-2024, 12:28 PM
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Didn’t Futio wear 00 and then the nhl banned it?
That was pretty awesome.
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