Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 208, Season 3 of Red Wings Rant: Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home.
What number and who should the Detroit Red Wings Retire Next?
The Detroit Red Wings have an impressive list of retired numbers currently in the rafters: Red Kelly No. 4, Sid Abel (No. 12), Alex Delvecchio (No. 10), Gordie Howe (No. 9), Nicklas Lidstrom (No. 5), Ted Lindsay (No. 7), Terry Sawchuk (No. 1) and Steve Yzerman (No. 19).
Even with this impressive list, their are so many more numbers yet to be honored. Sergei Federov’s number 91, Chris Osgood’s number 30, Vladdy Konstantinov’s number 16. And in the next generation: Pavel Datsyuk’s number 13 and Henrik Zetterberg’s number 40.
With so many names making major moves in this franchise, why are so few retired? What should be the formula for a retired number in the NHL? Should we care about retired numbers as much as we do?
We also have a couple of Red Wings results to discuss and look at the week ahead.
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