That's too many numbers for actual banners. I can see them unofficially retiring all of those, but the only ones I could see going to the rafters would be 40 and maybe 6. I think Datsyuk leaving while under contract and then still playing professional hockey overseas is going to block him even though he's the best player not yet up there.
Fedorov does not deserve to have his number hanging from the rafters. Period. I know he's one of the all time greats and was fun to watch, so unofficially they should take it out of circulation, but look at those names in the rafters - those guys were not just LEGENDS, but also great Wings personalities. Fedorov was a selfish *****ebag in more ways than one. His contract dispute after winning the cup and what happened to Vlady shows how petty, greedy and self centered he was. Any normal hockey player/fan would love to play for a team that starts a season 10-1-2 after having just won a championship. Every member of that team was hungry to win again - except him. He always put the money first, which is forgivable for young kids that haven't gotten paid yet - but he'd been playing for half a decade and had his Nike sponsorship. He was already rich, but he still held out for more money and signed that offer sheet from Carolina (a basement team at the time). THEN after winning cup #3 with the team he does this: " Fedorov signed a free-agent contract with the
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for less than the Red Wings offered him after Detroit lost to Anaheim in
the first round of the playoffs in 2003. ".
His talent and legacy with the team deserves pulling 91 out of circulation, but none of the players whose names hang in the Joe/LCA were ever disloyal to the club. Howe quitting his front office position (because the owner treated him like ****) was the only halfway negative thing any of those players did towards the DRW organization. Fedorov will never get retired there unless many more years pass and everyone forgets what a *****e he was (similar to the Blues and Brett Hull - although Hull had legitimate reasons to trash talk STL on his way out the door).
Sorry for the 4am rant, but that Fedorov **** really triggers me. (PS. I've called him out to his face IRL so I don't feel like a dick talking **** about him online, got kicked out of front row seats but was worth it).