Matt 1,048 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...064/1048/sports This just in, the Red Wings are also going to retire the numbers of other NHL greats that have recently done a handful of seasons with the club: Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille, Borje Salming, et al... I really, really hope he was joking about this, or at least the sole reasoning behind it was so dolts like me post a thead about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedWingAbner 13 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 We are not morons/the Colorado Avalanche organization. We will not do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redwingsfan18 1 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 I just read this and laughed too. I can't believe he'd suggest that. Yeah he's one of the greats but we're not freaking Colorado here and he's not Ray Borque. Honestly, Dom will be in the HHOF and probably will go in as a Wing b/c he won 2 cups - but no way do the Wings retire his number. Oh Drew, don't write about hockey anymore.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hallelujahlogic 1 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 drew sharp is a tool who knows just enough about hockey to keep his job. i don't think he's written an article yet that i haven't rolled my eyes at. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Packer487 3 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Wow. I'm one of the biggest Hasek fans around and even I wouldn't suggest that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Buffalo should, without Dom they wouldnt have done jack all through the 90's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KronwallCRUNCH 5 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Wow. I'm one of the biggest Hasek fans around and even I wouldn't suggest that. Same here. Although I originally said that Buffalo should do it, I'd consider him more of a Wing than a Sabre. 2 cups in 3 years..that's pretty good. I guess I wouldn't have a huge problem with it, but just don't really see it happening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OsGOD 3 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Yeah right along with the other oodles of HoF'ers that we had grace our team right Drew... Whatev Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barrie 900 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Retire 39? Nothing against Hasek, but no way! If they retire Hasek's number then Shanahan, Fedorov, Ozzie, Hull, Larionov, Robitaille, etc. should be up there too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Z and D for the C 712 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Buffalo should think about it though. But definitely not the wings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
betterREDthandead 58 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Oh Drew, don't write about anything anymore.. FIFY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FedorovGurl 2 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Buffalo should think about it though. But definitely not the wings. QFT! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Majsheppard 203 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Man I hate Drew Sharp. He is either extremely negitive, or extremely ignorant. Sometimes he is both. Serriously if one cup was all it took to get your number retired, then we wouldn't have any numbers left. If you want to have a real discussion about retiring numbers, let us talk about Draper or Osgood. There is a debate there, here is just a man who doesn't watch hockey or know anything. Go back to complaining about the Lions Drew. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy318 3 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 how drew sharp has a job (or Millen for that matter) is beyond me. Personally, his appeal has been shock appeal. Anything to drive up print sales and webpage hit, I guess. I agree Buffalo should retire #39, but not the Wings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eva unit zero 271 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Draper. Career third liners do NOT get their numbers retired. No matter how popular they are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
puckloo39 5,686 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 as perhaps the most devoted Dom fan ever, I would say that Drew is off-base to suggest that Dom's number be retired in Detroit. Maybe give it a little rest for a while, with respect to Dom's contributions to the two Cup wins... #39 should hang in the rafters in Buffalo, that is where Dom was the backbone and franchise player who put that team on the radar every year of his near-decade of playing there. Nick's number is the only one I can see being retired in Detroit, when the time comes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlakChamber 8 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 The Freep needs to retire Drew Sharp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redwingsfan04 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 HELLS NO! lol maybe ozzy but hasek has only been with the team for a short period of time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trapt1307 81 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Retire 39? Nothing against Hasek, but no way! If they retire Hasek's number then Shanahan, Fedorov, Ozzie, Hull, Larionov, Robitaille, etc. should be up there too. Wendel Clark? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redwinger4747 6 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Is this a joke? Seriously. Of the current Wings, Lidstrom only as of now. IF, and I mean IF, we happen to win a couple more cups in the next few years behind Osgood, he could make a case. TEN years from now, we MIGHT say something about Datsyuk and/or Zetterberg. But Jersey retirement is a very, VERY serious thing. As of now, Lidstrom, period. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lidstrom5 D-Man 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Lumburgh: "Yeeeaahh...I'm gonna have to...sorta...disagree with you on that one. Yeeaahh." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HockeyCrazy3033 168 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 The Freep needs to retire Drew Sharp. QFT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
222wings 0 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 no no, no no no. I think Hasek was a detrimental part to the Wings success over the past years, but definitely not worthy of having his name up with the likes of Howe and Yzerman. Besides, living in Denver, I can get an Av's fan to give a real reason why they retired Bourque's number. Then I would be in the same boat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redwings1914 18 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Well, I would at least give it a semi retirement, (nobody else gets to use it) and I bet thats what will probably happen since I can't think of any other players that have the 39 as their number. If this was Buffalo then yes. But as long as Harry Lumley and Roger Crozier do not have their numbers retired than by no means should Hasek. Three years should never get a number retired. Even if it is Gretzky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted June 10, 2008 Should Buffalo retire #39 in Hasek's honor? Yes. Should Detroit retire #39 in Hasek's honor? No. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
