This is the franchise that retired Larry Aurie's number #6 (by Norris more than 75 years ago) but in 1982 when the team started the practice of raising banners, Mike Illitch decided to pan the player.
The franchise pretends it had no great players pre O6 era. No Aurie. No Barry. No Syd Howe! Heck, at least Marty Barry, Syd Howe and Herbie Lewis were inducted into the HHOF.
Aurie, the equivalent of a Shane Doan or Trevor Linden to the franchise (though Aurie was a top line player on multiple Stanley Cups for Detroit), with a retired number, but... unlike the others,... Aurie gets no banner, no press, nothing but a footnote for history books.