I said I think retired jerseys are stupid already
Dunno how else to explain that
Mario was possibly the best hockey player to ever play
Sid is way up there
I don't think it is stupid but should be reserved for players that are legit top tier ever which Jagr is. The problem is he doesn't meet my other criteria and that is stayed your whole career or left on good terms towards the end like Ray Bourque did for Boston.
I loved Jagr as a Penguin and actually met him twice at a Club back in my college days and we talked and finished the conversation with a hand shake on the second occasion. Would be totally on board for him having his number retired if at some point he would of came back to finish his career. Jagr never did that. You want the honor of having your number retired you don't die alive to leave the team.
I would retire Crosby and Malkin's numbers because they are instrumental in going to 4 Cups and bringing 3 to Pittsburgh. Malkin deserves it as much as Crosby. Malkin has very similar numbers to Crosby in those 4 Cup Finals years in those playoffs. In 2009 he was the best player on that team during that year both in the regular season and playoffs.
Malkin is truly the most underrated player of all time. One of the all time great talents to play the game. Malkin is in the same league as Crosby with Crosby as the slightly better player for his career but I would take a healthy prime Malkin over OV any day. Malkin at his best outshined Sid in some years but Crosby is Mr. Consistent year after year. Malkin has his great years and then some that puts him down a tier. But Malkin is by far the second best PPG player of his generation. All take the great Center over a winger any day. The two Center model is what won those Cups and to think Malkin scored 35 playoff points with Fedotenko and Talbot as his wingers in 2009. Let that soak in. OV even at his best could not produce like that with players like Talbot and Fedotenko.