With Kane at #9, how would you feel if Eichel took....#99

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Cone of silence custom built for 2. :thumbsup:

 

 

:lol: What's that Chief!? I can't hear you!!

 

Missed it, by that much ...

[Taro T]

:lol: What's that Chief!? I can't hear you!!

 

 

Missed it, by that much ...

 

:lol:

[BagBoy]

Well, if he can't wear #99, he can always wear #00.

I thought I read somewhere that both 0 and 00 have been banned by the league.

[Peter]

5-11-14-6

[IKnowPhysics]

I thought I read somewhere that both 0 and 00 have been banned by the league.

 

 

The NHL retired Marty Biron's number.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

5-11-14-6

 

Even better ...

 

5-14-6-1

[That Aud Smell]

We all know Rip is gonna give him 58 or whatever until he "earns" it ;)

haha - oh, man.

[LabattBlue]

Man X,

 

Those seventies hotties are just plain old hot in an all natural way.  Not like now a days.

Did you say something?

[SwampD]

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Did you say something?

 

Oh Blue,

 

There's not a desert island anywhere that I wouldn't want to be stranded on with Mary Ann.

 

But wasn't that the '60s?

 

Oh well, close enough for Canada.

[Rasmus_]

#15 makes the most sense, but it doesn't matter what number he takes, the jersey will sell well in Buffalo regardless.  Be like Eich!

[darksabre]

This thread is great :lol:

[LabattBlue]

It'd be great!  No one of significance has ever worn that number so it's certainly Jack Eichel's ball to run with.  What are everyone's thoughts on possibly # 999?  No player has yet to venture out into the 100's but I feel like Jack has the machismo and moxie to take that step!

Gerry Meehan takes offense to that.   :lol:  For the youngins', Meehan scored a goal against the Flyers in the last game of one of the early years(71-72?), that knocked the Flyers out of the playoffs.  How did that taste Clarksie? LOL

 

[edited]WOW...I found this video of the goal described above.  Look at the awesome crowd reaction.  Chet & Muffy got into the game back in the day.   

 

 

Edited April 20, 2015 by LabattBlue

[Dave Dryden]

Gerry Meehan takes offense to that.   :lol:  For the youngins', Meehan scored a goal against the Flyers in the last game of one of the early years(71-72?), that knocked the Flyers out of the playoffs.  How did that taste Clarksie? LOL

 

[edited]WOW...I found this video of the goal described above.  Look at the awesome crowd reaction.  Chet & Muffy got into the game back in the day.   

 

 

I was at that game.  We were all chanting Let's go Penguins for the last 10 minutes, as the Sabres victory pushed them past the Flyers.  Great game.

[kishoph]

I'm going to guess Eichel takes #15 as it's a number he has worn in the past and because of the draft year.

 

[That Aud Smell]

I'm going to guess Eichel takes #15 as it's a number he has worn in the past and because of the draft year.

 

Draft year. Makes sense.

 

Not unlike how Ric Seiling chose #16 because he was selected 16th overall (and, yes, the player picked 17th that year became an all-time (ALL time) great).

[LGR4GM]

I think 99 is retired league wide.  

 

 

 

:beer:

[LabattBlue]

Draft year. Makes sense.

 

Not unlike how Ric Seiling chose #16 because he was selected 16th overall (and, yes, the player picked 17th that year became an all-time (ALL time) great).

Bad memories...leave them buried.

[That Aud Smell]

Bad memories...leave them buried.

I know. No shame in Ric's career. But if we take the other guy at 16, we win in 1980 for sure, yeah? (And probably in some other spots as well.)

[Neo]

Gerry Meehan takes offense to that. :lol: For the youngins', Meehan scored a goal against the Flyers in the last game of one of the early years(71-72?), that knocked the Flyers out of the playoffs. How did that taste Clarksie? LOL

 

[edited]WOW...I found this video of the goal described above. Look at the awesome crowd reaction. Chet & Muffy got into the game back in the day.

 

 

Just, too, awesome. I was ten. Must've been a weekend game. I was with family visiting cousins in South Buffalo. I spent a good part of the evening hanging out and walking the neighborhood. We went back to my cousin's room to listen to the game. Of course, we all remember the goal. Philadelphia would get its revenge, soon.

 

And how about the dulcet Milt Ellis in the background ... as always.

 

Him: "It's alright, officer, I'm Pastor Fuzz! Get it, Pastor Fuzz ?!!?"

Me: "Huh?"

 

Rest in peace, Mark ....

Edited April 20, 2015 by Neo

[LabattBlue]

I know. No shame in Ric's career. But if we take the other guy at 16, we win in 1980 for sure, yeah? (And probably in some other spots as well.)

Would have been awesome to have Bossy on Perreault's wing for the last half of his career.

[That Aud Smell]

Would have been awesome to have Bossy on Perreault's wing for the last half of his career.

Imagine how many points #11 finishes with if that comes to pass.

[kishoph]

Draft year. Makes sense.

 

Not unlike how Ric Seiling chose #16 because he was selected 16th overall (and, yes, the player picked 17th that year became an all-time (ALL time) great).

  I looked up the 77 draft and it shows Seiling was drafted 14th overall and Bossy 15th. I was 5 years old so I don't really know which it was. Not trying to be a #**#, just curious if there was something different in the draft positions.

 

http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm?year=1977&team=&position=&round=

Edited April 20, 2015 by kishoph

[Neo]

Imagine how many points #11 finishes with if that comes to pass.

 

I just stirred up a few other threads by posting:

 

1). The difference between McDavid and Eichel is like the difference between Bossy and Seiling, and;

2). GMTM believes the difference etc., etc.

[LastPommerFan]

Are players even allowed to wear #99 anymore?