Eleven Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 This was it. This was the last draft class eligible to use their birth years as sweater numbers for quite some time. 99 is retired league-wide and 00 is no longer allowed. Since I'm generally not a fan of NASCAR numbers on hockey sweaters, I'm happy about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustache of God Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 we need a thread for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 we need a thread for this Better than some of the other threads that have been appearing lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) acceptable hockey numbers: 1-30, 31, 33, 35, 38, 39, 44, 47, 48, 55, 66, 77, 88, 90-95, 97 Underlined are goalies only I can't remember why I put 38 in there Edited June 26, 2017 by Randall Flagg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 This is great news. Can we strip 87 from 87? How about 88 from 88? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 I can't remember why I put 38 in there That's the one you use for the call-up. When he makes the team for good he gets to pick a number under 35. And when a goalie establishes himself as the number one, he gets assigned number one, no exceptions. This is really very simple as anyone who can yell at a cloud can tell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 There was an Ottawa coach, I don't remember who anymore, who wouldn't allow a number over 49. I loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 There was an Ottawa coach, I don't remember who anymore, who wouldn't allow a number over 49. I loved it. Should be 39. And stop retiring the numbers of very good players. Perreault and Hasek. Nobody else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 we need a thread for this And yet this thread gets more attention than the HHOF one. Should be 39. And stop retiring the numbers of very good players. Perreault and Hasek. Nobody else. I think you've got to retire the number of a guy who dies while on the roster, but otherwise I'm with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Better than some of the other threads that have been appearing lately Sorry :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Sorry :( No I like your threads :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 acceptable hockey numbers: 1-30, 31, 33, 35, 38, 39, 44, 47, 48, 55, 66, 77, 88, 90-95, 97 Underlined are goalies only I can't remember why I put 38 in there Nathan Paetsch's legacy runs deeper than most people realize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 The cloud-yell is perfect for this. But we all have our slightly irrational hills on which we choose to die (metaphorically). You go, Eleven. You go ahead and rail against your birth year NASCAR numbers. For me, I think I was permanently softened on the subject when, as a young man, I developed a full-blown man crush on #93, Doug Gilmour. (And I have no idea why he chose that as his number either.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 The only numbers that bother me are Rip Simonick numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 This was it. This was the last draft class eligible to use their birth years as sweater numbers for quite some time. 99 is retired league-wide and 00 is no longer allowed. Since I'm generally not a fan of NASCAR numbers on hockey sweaters, I'm happy about this. :huh: The majority of kids in this draft were '99's. Only those that missed the mid-September cutoff & overagers are '98's or older. Shouldn't this have been last season's rant? :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 The only numbers that bother me are Rip Simonick numbers. Which I also enjoy. There's some sort of symmetry between Eleven not wanting the kids to wear what they want, and your not wanting some old codger to prevent the kids from wearing what they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyldnwoody44 Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Is eleven rip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Which I also enjoy. There's some sort of symmetry between Eleven not wanting the kids to wear what they want, and your not wanting some old codger to prevent the kids from wearing what they want. Never caught that. Funny stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Which I also enjoy. There's some sort of symmetry between Eleven not wanting the kids to wear what they want, and your not wanting some old codger to prevent the kids from wearing what they want. Yeah but I'm right and Eleven is wrong so :nana: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 And yet this thread gets more attention than the HHOF one. sorry, wrong universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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