Bo Horvat - Part II
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Shareefruck
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As much as I like having a better reason to hate Messier, and at the risk of being insensitive, since when do numbers get unofficially retired simply because a player has cancer? Never quite made much sense to me.
Wilch
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I believe the 53 Horvat is wearing is memory of a friend of his who passed away. His friend wore 35.
Why isn't Luc Bourdon's number taken out of circulation if Wayne Maki's number is? Both of them died while they were Canucks. Why isn't Maki's number officially retired in some capacity if it's not going to be used and why is there little mention from the team about it? There's no consistency here. It doesn't make any sense.
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People also forget that Maki was involved in one of the most violent stick swinging incidents that left the other player with permanent head damage.
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I also think the Canucks should have kept the "RR" and "LB" patches on their helmets or uniforms somewhere for longer than just a year. Maybe permanently. I can't see why it would hurt.
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It would make some sense if Luc Bourdon made an impact on the organization and spent some time with the team. It sucks that he died, but there's no point in doing anything. Didn't really want to go down that road, but the circumstance of his death also doesn't really weigh on the pro side of Vancouver honouring the number/player.
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That's Gillis brass, it's a brand new regime and Benning doesn't mind high numbers.
Officially? What about Mr A?
Would be nice to have a kid running around with a 97/98 though
53 is such a meh number. 17 is available now.
(Assuming Bonino keeps his lucky 13)
17 is available now.
(Assuming Bonino keeps his lucky 13)
Vrbata. Jensen also likes the 17.
Ah right. Forgot about Vrbata.
Call me a traditionalist, but I like 2 - 6 and 8 for Defense, 7 and 9 through 21 for forwards, 1 and 30 for goalies. Mid 20's are for 4th liners and 32+ for prospects and 99 for Gretzky's.
Oh yeah, and if you are going to wear 4, 7 or 9, you gotta be damn good.
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I don't get why it's a big deal to some management groups, especially when there's a legitimate and important reason for choosing that number.
The Big M was one of the few greats of the game from the pre-expansion era who wore a higher number. Most of the other "great" #27s were from the 80's, 90's (Niedermayer, Tonelli).
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Ya...saw people saying that 53 is a meh #... it's in honor of a London draftee who died shortly after being picked. Came here to post the story, but it's already here.
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