Rumor: Chris Neil's number to be retired?

[Fandlauer]

This has since been changed but was caught on the Sens website yesterday.

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[NyQuil]

Yikes.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Maybe in a couple of years. Not anytime soon. Probably never...

 

[TeamRenzo]

I would love to see the Sens retire Neil's number, he deserves it.

 

[DJB]

Love the player, love the human but no his number shouldn't be retired.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

I would never want to diminish Chris Neil's contributions, he was great, but c'mon, this would be ridiculous.

Next we'll be doing the same for guys like Anderson and Methot.

 

[Sun God Nika]

the franchise is already joke when number 4 went into the raptors i dont care at this point anymore.

 

[Masked]

the franchise is already joke when number 4 went into the raptors i dont care at this point anymore.

What does Toronto's NBA team have to do with anything?

 

[Qward]

We called it last year that they would retire it. Dumb. Honour the number. Let new people wear it and if they end up being sens legends they can have their name added to the number.

 

[Stylizer1]

Aside from Alfie no one has come even close.

 

[JimmySpaetzle]

Perfect candidate for the Ring of Honour. Does not deserve to have his jersey retired. That should be saved for only the best of the best

 

[Micklebot]

the franchise is already joke when number 4 went into the raptors i dont care at this point anymore.

Wait... We fed the big rig to dinosaurs?

 

[SensFan26]

Aside from Alfie no one has come even close.

It's like they're so desperate to have a history that they're willing to throw average players up there just because they never left. Terrible

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Aside from Alfie no one has come even close.

I think Karlsson has better case than Phillips or Neil, but that’s a conversation for later on.

 

[TheDebater]

Phillips was borderline, contrary to the popular "hate on everything" opinion, I was fine with #4 being retired.

This franchise needs some semblance of history and Phillips was the longest serving Senator ever and had some great moments while being an important figure during his time here. He was not a "classic case" of jersey retirement, but let us be honest, what else do we have going for us right now?

 

[Micklebot]

Phillips was borderline, contrary to the popular "hate on everything" opinion, I was fine with #4 being retired.

This franchise needs some semblance of history and Phillips was the longest serving Senator ever and had some great moments while being an important figure during his time here. He was not a "classic case" of jersey retirement, but let us be honest, what else do we have going for us right now?

I guess but isn't that why they have the ring of honour?

 

[TheDebater]

I guess but isn't that why they have the ring of honour?

I think two retired jerseys over a span of about 27 years of a team's history is fairly reasonable. The ring of honour is nice, but the younger generation looking up at the rafters and seeing a couple of numbers up there and asking who those players were is a little different.

Either way, is #4 really that popular of a jersey number, there are about 95 other numbers to choose from. It is such an insignificant thing to for some people to get upset over I can never understand why it bothers them.

 

[DrEasy]

I think two retired jerseys over a span of about 27 years of a team's history is fairly reasonable. The ring of honour is nice, but the younger generation looking up at the rafters and seeing a couple of numbers up there and asking who those players were is a little different.

Either way, is #4 really that popular of a jersey number, there are about 95 other numbers to choose from. It is such an insignificant thing to for some people to get upset over I can never understand why it bothers them.

I guess it doesn't matter if you don't have high standards for the team you support. Chris Phillips vs Jean Beliveau, tomato tomahto!

 

[Stylizer1]

I think two retired jerseys over a span of about 27 years of a team's history is fairly reasonable. The ring of honour is nice, but the younger generation looking up at the rafters and seeing a couple of numbers up there and asking who those players were is a little different.

Either way, is #4 really that popular of a jersey number, there are about 95 other numbers to choose from. It is such an insignificant thing to for some people to get upset over I can never understand why it bothers them.

What about that player who was born on the 4th day, 4th month, in 2004, born @ at 4:44 pm, at 4lbs 4 ounces, who's first word was 4?

You never thought about that huh?

 

[TheDebater]

What about that player who was born on the 4th day, 4th month, in 2004, born @ at 4:44 pm, at 4lbs 4 ounces, who's first word was 4?

You never thought about that huh?

I will convince him that two "4's" are better than one.

 

[Stylizer1]

I will convince him that two "4's" are better than one.

I forgot to mention his parents died in a plane crash when they were 44. Too soon.

 

[Stylizer1]

What does Toronto's NBA team have to do with anything?

 

[Beville]

I think two retired jerseys over a span of about 27 years of a team's history is fairly reasonable. The ring of honour is nice, but the younger generation looking up at the rafters and seeing a couple of numbers up there and asking who those players were is a little different.

Either way, is #4 really that popular of a jersey number, there are about 95 other numbers to choose from. It is such an insignificant thing to for some people to get upset over I can never understand why it bothers them.

17 players wore it this season;

 

[inthewings]

Chris Neil is one of my favorite Senators ever, but we can't be retiring numbers of 3rd/4th liners, even if they had a long and successful career here.

 

[bert]

Chris Neil is one of my favorite Senators ever, but we can't be retiring numbers of 3rd/4th liners, even if they had a long and successful career here.

I couldnt agree more.