Thread: Happy Cam Neely Day!
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Old 01-13-2004, 11:11 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by YOUR Hero
Do you?

Me, I say no. Many of them aren't champions. IMO if you aren't a champion your number shouldn't be retired.

Boston seems to retire numbers in order to build sentimentality and help keep fans in the seats while they do nothing to make Cup runs.
I disagree. Although I do agree that the Bruins do nothing to make Cup runs.

IMO you don't have to be a champion to have your number retired. Not at all. Cam Neely deserved what he got. He is THE VERY best power forward ever in a lot of peoples minds. He is exactely what a NHL player should be. Sometimes it is not all about the numbers and you have to look past the stats.

Hitchman, Shore, Clapper, Schmidt, Bucyk, Orr, Esposito, O'Reilly, Bourque and Neely all deserve to have their numbers retired ... no question about it in my mind. These 10 men are etched in the minds of Bruin fans everywhere.

Although I see where you are coming from. What is going to happen in the future? Who do you see as the next number to be retired in the NHL or on some team?
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