Confirmed with Link: Ducks retiring Kariya #9 and Niedermayer #27 jerseys

[mightyquack]

Kariya: October 21 2018
Niedermayer: February 17 2019

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[AngelDuck]

Well deserved, nobody else should have ever worn #9.


Neids will always be the first Duck to hoist it

Somewhat surprised Niedermayer getting retired before Giguere

 

[mightyquack]

I must admit I wasn't a fan of retiring Kariya's number but I've soften my stance in the last couple of years on it, and am happy to see the #9 go up. Enough time has passed since Kariya left and with Kariya seemingly reengaging with the Ducks in the last year or so - time is right to make this happen, well deserved for him no matter how badly it ended originally.

And Niedermayer goes without saying.

I wonder if Jiggy will see his number go up in 2020.

EDIT: Also I hope Kariya goes up in the rafters with the Mighty Ducks colours, don't think it would make sense if he went up with the Ducks colour scheme.

 

[Getzmonster]

**** yes.

 

[DucksFanDFW]

About damn time!

 

[Dryish]

A bit surprised about Nieds, to be honest. Didn't think what he's done would have warranted a retired jersey in the management's view, but maybe they want to tie him down for good too with this move. Not that' I'd have any disagreements, though.

But Kariya? f*** YES, FINALLY.

 

[MMC]

Don’t get why we’d do Nieds over Giguere.

 

[AngelDuck]

The more I think about it, the more I disagree with Nieds over Jiggy. I think both should be retired, but Kariya/Jiggy in the same season would have made more sense.

Don't get me wrong, getting Niedermayer changed everything for this franchise. We instantly went from pretender to contender the day we got him and never weren't viewed as a dangerous team until the day he retired.

But he just wasn't here very long

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

I think I get it, with the duality of the two captains trying the two eras together. A bit weird it wasn't just one at a time but with the 25th anniversary and having waited so long to do it, yeah, I can see why they did both. Although, I get why they wanted to space them but that home game against the Devils seemed like a perfect time to retire Scottys number.

In that sense I also like keeping Giguere for another year. All on his own and you can make it a bigger spectacle.

 

[Terry Yake]

finally

and i also disagree with niedermayer getting his # retired before jiggy. but he helped change the course of the franchise and was the C of the cup winning team. i'm sure that's the team's thinking. and im sure jiggy goes up in 19-20

and yes, PK's number needs to go up in the mighty ducks colors. don't see any reason why it wouldn't

 

[Force951]

Glad its finally happening, especially after the disaster of bringing it up at the HHOF honoring ceremony.

 

[kducks]

Seriously almost started crying at work when I saw the announcement. So happy PK will be in the rafters finally. Surprised about Scotty over Jiggy but since he is still with the organization I can see it.

 

[AngelDuck]

So Niedermayer will have his number retired with two different franchises. Does anyone know of anyone else who can say that?

I'm sure there are at least a few but none come immediately to mind for me. I guess Gretzky is an obvious one

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

So Niedermayer will have his number retired with two different franchises. Does anyone know of anyone else who can say that?

I'm sure there are at least a few but none come immediately to mind for me. I guess Gretzky is an obvious one

Ray Bourque lol.

 

[mightyquack]

So Niedermayer will have his number retired with two different franchises. Does anyone know of anyone else who can say that?

I'm sure there are at least a few but none come immediately to mind for me. I guess Gretzky is an obvious one

Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky, Roy Borque, Mark Messier, Patrick Roy and Tim Horton are the only ones according to Wikipedia

 

[AngelDuck]

Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky, Roy Borque, Mark Messier, Patrick Roy and Tim Horton are the only ones according to Wikipedia

Not a very long list, and some pretty damn good company

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky, Roy Borque, Mark Messier, Patrick Roy and Tim Horton are the only ones according to Wikipedia

I don't think Howes is officially retired in Carolina(maybe not even unofficially) and Hulls was just kind of unreturned in Arizona, I guess. And even with those two, pretty incredible company.

 

[mightyquack]

I don't think Howes is officially retired in Carolina(maybe not even unofficially) and Hulls was just kind of unreturned in Arizona, I guess. And even with those two, pretty incredible company.

That doesn't matter though. Howe's was retired while Hartford were an NHL franchise and Hull's was retired while Winnipeg version 1 was an NHL franchise so they were both still retired by 2 NHL teams no matter what happened to the franchise after that.

 

[bsu]

Just bought tickets to both! Get them now before they raise!

 

[Goose of Reason]

Repeating what's been here but Giguere should absolutely be up there before both of them. Still pumped though, Kariya is the reason I'm a fan of this team and Niedermayer signing basically turned our franchise into one of the best in the league after a rough first decade (outside of the Cinderella run).

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

That doesn't matter though. Howe's was retired while Hartford were an NHL franchise and Hull's was retired while Winnipeg version 1 was an NHL franchise so they were both still retired by 2 NHL teams no matter what happened to the franchise after that.

Oh, yeah, definitely, and they're not exactly guys you'd want to exclude.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Should be Giguere before PK. Don’t have a problem with Scott.

 

[Masch78]

I miss a player like Paul!

 

[Ducks in a row]

#9 finally retired

Giguere number should of been retired ahead of S. Niedermayer number.

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

The more I think on Giguere, though, the less sure I am hes going up there. I definitely think he should and ultimately think he will, but given his career, I don't think that would be a total shock if he was excluded. Gotta draw a line somewhere.