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 Kr55
Messages: 12926
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Adam wrote on Wed, 28 October 2020 11:03 |
I expect some of this is around trying to prepare the market for a Lowe celebration that lots of people aren't going to be super-excited about, but still it's an interesting comment (and good news that they're committed to the standard):
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Mark Spector
@SportsnetSpec
Wayne Gretzky on retiring numbers in EDM:
"The prerequisite is, you get your number hung in the rafters if you get into the Hall of Fame. It’s cut and dried, and I think it’s a great way to go.”
(Bad news for Ryan Smyth)
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That prompted this from everyone's favourite over-the-hill Hall of Fame reporter:
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Jim Matheson
@jimmathesonnhl
Indeed but then it's time the Oilers got a Ring of Honour for people like Smyth, Charlie Huddy, Doug Weight, Lee Fogolin, Randy Gregg, Kelly Buchberger, Andy Moog
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While I agree with the concept of a ring of honour or something similar, I do think maybe Matheson shouldn't be the guy making the selections or we're just going to get every Oilers player from the 80s with little representation outside it. Gregg won 5 Cups here and Moog was an All-Star and backstopped the first championship so maybe there's cases to be made there, but Buchberger and Fogolin are not players I'd be in a rush to have a ceremony for...
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I 100% support a retirement exception for Smyth. The Barrie number scare I think solidifies this. Too close for comfort. Need to ensure there is no way that happens again.
Not Smyth's fault that his team was being outspent 4:1 by cup winners during his career. You could fill up 10 cups with Smyths heart and determination and love for the game.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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