BCHabnut Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 I wonder if Gary Bettman is encouraging team owners to retire jerseys or if team owners are doing it to add some hype to the game? For years and years, the habs only had like 7 jerseys retired. Now suddenly Savard and Geoffrion and Dickie Moore's and Yvan Cournoyer's number 12 , and now Dryden. That's a lot of retired jerseys that should have either been retired before, or someone felt that the standard for retiring a jersey is higher than our standard today. Quote
Chips Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 Only the exceptional player should have that honour. I for one agree with all the retired numbers thus far... and can see a few more for the habs but I'm not sure there are many others in the league that deserve this wonderful honour... Go HABS GO! Quote
tokyohabs Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 But of course no chance for Larry 'Pariah' Robinson. We'll retire Nilan and Tremblay before him, I think. F'n disgrace - almost as bad as the team's current form. Quote
zumpano21 Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 I wonder if Gary Bettman is encouraging team owners to retire jerseys or if team owners are doing it to add some hype to the game? For years and years, the habs only had like 7 jerseys retired. Now suddenly Savard and Geoffrion and Dickie Moore's and Yvan Cournoyer's number 12 , and now Dryden. That's a lot of retired jerseys that should have either been retired before, or someone felt that the standard for retiring a jersey is higher than our standard today. They're prepping for the 100 year anniversary in 2009. Quote
JLP Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 Not totally, but sort of on this topic, I read somewhere -- sorry can't remember where -- that when Wayne Gretzky's #99 was retired, it was retired "league wide." While I can't imagine any Habs player ever wearing that number in the future, I wonder if it would/should actually qualify as a retired jersey in Montreal? Quote
fromage Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 no because gretzky never played for Montreal. retired jerseys should be reserved for a player of that team. Quote
JMMR Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) But of course no chance for Larry 'Pariah' Robinson. We'll retire Nilan and Tremblay before him, I think. F'n disgrace - almost as bad as the team's current form. Robinson's will be retired in the next 3 years mark my words. Not one player has worn 19# since he left. Edited January 8, 2007 by JMMR Quote
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