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I haven't heard a single thing about when they're going to retire his number. Are they waiting till next year?
I figured the lockout would maybe delay it, but I also thought they'd maybe use it to try and get some people to come out if there was any lockout-inspired dip in attendance.
They said the opposite right away, I think they might have continued on if they knew the response would be this good. But they weren't going to use this as anything but an honor and at the appropriate time. The interesting thing would have been if this season was super ugly, I wonder if they might have waited even another additional year hoping for the bounce back.
The NHL has made a habit of sending teams away before the Winter Classic. I actually think it would be pretty awesome if they played like a December 29th home game where they retired Lidstrom's jersey as really the kick off to the Winter Classic. Hope that is something the league considers, would also put him in town for the Alumni events.