With Flyers in town, Hurricanes to retire Brind'Amour's number on February 28

by Travis Hughes on Jul 15, 2010 2:22 PM EDT in News Comment 114 comments

The Carolina Hurricanes announced today that they will retire Rod Brind`Amour's number 17 to the RBC Center rafters on February 28th prior to a game against the Philadelphia Flyers. Brind`Amour retired from the NHL a few weeks ago.

Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team will honor former captain Rod Brind’Amour by retiring his No. 17 sweater prior to the Hurricanes’ game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. Brind’Amour announced his retirement from hockey on June 30.

Brind`Amour is obviously still a fan favorite in Philadelphia, and you have to expect that a lot of Flyers faithful will be making the pilgrimage down to Raleigh for the Friday night game. According to the Hurricanes, individual game tickets for that night will go on sale in December.

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Good for him. Glad his number, and his achievements are being recognized somewhere. Shame it’s not here though.

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by EREX21 on Jul 15, 2010 2:24 PM EDT reply actions

Absolutely correct!

I’m STILL pissed off over that trade! Brind’Amour was on my “untouchable” list, should’ve retired in Philly.

by 92-74-99-96 on Jul 16, 2010 5:25 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

+1

Primeau was a bust from jump in Detroit

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 16, 2010 6:54 AM EDT up reply actions

shut your mouth. don’t bad mouth primeau here…

by historywillbemade on Jul 16, 2010 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions

Agreed. Primeau’s time here was very good and productive. I loved Brind’Amour as well, but you have to give up talent to get talent sometimes.

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 16, 2010 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions

I prefer the times you don’t give up talent and get talent. Unfortunately, we rarely are on the good end of those trades.

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by The Dark on Jul 16, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Brind’Amour was a more talented, more versatile player, we got fleeced in that trade.

by 92-74-99-96 on Jul 16, 2010 11:17 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Well, after Brind’Amour’s wife got fleeced, a trade had to happen.

by Snevik on Jul 16, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions

You got that right… Classy move by Lindros…sad.

by 92-74-99-96 on Jul 17, 2010 5:59 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Truth be told they picked up Primeau for totally different reasons than what he was for the team. He was picked up as a big thumpy top line center to fill some of Lindros’s void at the time. He evolved into the captain and the checker we loved while he was already here. It wasn’t expected him to be in the role. But yeah …. you still can’t badmouth him.

by ic0n67 on Jul 16, 2010 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions

He had the one year and the one postseason where he was exactly that. The rest of the time, he was simply the best voice the locker room had.

by Snevik on Jul 16, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions

We are all friendly so in regards to praying at the alter of Primeau’s super stardom give me his hall of fame career highlights. Holding out and talking his baby ass out two franchises and one 5OT goal doesn’t make a legendary career. And how this guy got away with knifing a real legend in the back is completely unacceptable to me. Bill Barber deserved better by the team and the organization despite his coaching prowess. And when a team gets ousted from the playoffs as they did it falls on the players.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 16, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, you are leaving out quite a bit – the 2004 post-season leaps to mind…

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 16, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions

They didn’t even get to the final. We really accept lower accomplishments around here.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 16, 2010 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions

We’ve had quite a few great players who didn’t win it all here. That doesn’t make their contributions any less significant.

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 16, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions

OK, but he single-handedly carried a team through a post-season, to the extent that he had been in the discussion for Conn Smythe without even making the Finals.

Look, I agree that most people turn a blind eye to a large portion of his career here, most of which was unspectacular. Hell, the call for his 5OT goal even includes the phrase “much-maligned,” because people were so angry he didn’t produce. The Barber thing was ugly, but he was the figurehead for an entire room of grown men who had already turned on their coach. But ready for the takeaway point: If you say anything negative about Primeau in reference to the 2004 postseason, you look stupid. Very, very stupid. We know you’re not stupid, but you’re pointing out the one time in his career that he was an absolute monster and saying “it’s bullshit that we settle for that.” Here, “that” happens to be the greatest postseason performance from a Flyer since Reggie Leach and Bernie Parent.

by Snevik on Jul 16, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Better then Lindros in 97 who got the team to the Finals.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 16, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions

I happen to think so, yes, but whether it was or not is so far from the point of that post. The very fact that you’re willing to consider it a discussion should prove that he was very good in that postseason. You can use any other postseason and any other regular season (well, maybe not 2000-01) as your example for why he sucks. All other options give you sounder footing than trying to take an ax to that mountain.

by Snevik on Jul 16, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Well said.

I love Lindros and Brind’Amour too, but they didn’t win it all here either. I’d never denigrate either player.

Fun fact: the 1997 Flyers and the 2004 Flyers both won zero SCF games. If you want to say “at least they got there”, remember that the 2004 Lightning won the Cup; the 1997 Rangers weren’t that great.

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 16, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions

what about Briere this year??? or gagne in the boston series?

by historywillbemade on Jul 16, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

They would have to be ranked among the Flyers’ best as well, esp. Briere’s performance for the entirety of the post-season.

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 16, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Again, this is just my opinion. The larger point is that he was excellent; the details are up for debate. I think what Primeau did that year carried a team that wasn’t as good or complete.

by Snevik on Jul 16, 2010 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I’d agree with that – Primeau was the prime mover that year.

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 16, 2010 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

worst thing the Flyers did was not make him as Assistant Coach immediately after he retired. He was a strong enough voice and that team needed a buffer between them and Hitchcock at the time.

by ic0n67 on Jul 16, 2010 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions

That would have been a good move. I wonder if it was even considered.

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 16, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions

They offered him some position in the team, I believe, and I think he turned it down for the reason M lists below. I’ll try and find the article.

by Snevik on Jul 16, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions

He couldn’t come out of dark rooms for a year due to post consecution syndrome. How could he be involved coaching day to day?

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 16, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Sunglasses? I’m just saying the team needed him and probably suffered more because of him not being there than anything else that happened that year.

by ic0n67 on Jul 16, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions

He was under no obligation to think of the team over his own safety, and expecting anything from him in that is unfair.

by Snevik on Jul 16, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

oh I meant nothing like that … merely pointing out that the team needed someone like him and if he were there, and healthy enough to do so, the team would have been much better.

by ic0n67 on Jul 16, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Class Decision

Class decision by an organization to retire his number, and even more classy that they chose to do it in front of the Flyers, I will be getting a ticket to that game. He deserves it, we should repeat the favor and put his name in the rafters of Wells Fargo Center (still sounds a bit odd).

by Vinney N on Jul 15, 2010 2:28 PM EDT reply actions

I think he’ll be a Flyers HOF inductee at some point, but I’m a pretty strong believer that only Cup winners should have their names retired. The only exception I would make at this point is Pelle Lindbergh.

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by Travis Hughes on Jul 15, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

His number has been passively retired, right?

by Snevik on Jul 15, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, nobody’s worn it since him.

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by Travis Hughes on Jul 15, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions

if in the sense that you think they gave it to Jeff Carter because he was a no show in the playoffs, so nobody sees the number 17, then yes they passively retired his number

by Vinney N on Jul 15, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Think he’s talking about Pelle.

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by Travis Hughes on Jul 15, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions

I know, that was my dig at Carter tho

by Vinney N on Jul 15, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

so no retiring LeClair’s #?

by historywillbemade on Jul 15, 2010 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Only if you put 88 in asterisks next to it.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 15, 2010 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Haha that would be hilarious.

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by PursuitOfLappyness on Jul 15, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I think the Hurricanes are counting on Flyers fans showing up for that very reason so I don’t think it was a random occurrence that his number is being retired before a game vs. the Flyers.

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by doubleh on Jul 15, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions

10 bucks says more Flyers fans would be in attendance.

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by jello44 on Jul 15, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions

not on that night

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I feel like there’s some precedent for doing thing like this in front of a player’s other meaningful team, just like when we scheduled Eric Desjardins night when the Canadiens would be here and both teams had gifts for him. That’s just one example, I’m sure there’s plenty more.

by DragonGirl0583 on Jul 15, 2010 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe we should have done that for Primeau say when the Red Wings or Carolina came to Philly. I guess that really might not have been a good idea seeing he talked and sat his way out of those towns, never-mind.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 15, 2010 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Haha, I guess I should have clarified it that the player would have to want that other team to be there, and not be a relationship that ended badly.

by DragonGirl0583 on Jul 15, 2010 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions

If Quebec ever gets another franchise up there we should then schedule the 88 retirement. Well who else could you have the Rangers?

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 15, 2010 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey DG!! I think Travis and/or Geoff should put a little icon at the top of the page which directly notifies you if someone needs help with CBA questions. Almost like the Staples big red button. Latley I have noticed a lot of beckoning for your expertise.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 15, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Or at least an Ask DragonGirl tweeter account so we you can be aware that we need you even when you are away from this site.

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, it’s nice to know I’m appreciated…

by DragonGirl0583 on Jul 15, 2010 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Primeau night was against the Wings, actually.

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by Travis Hughes on Jul 15, 2010 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Now that is some ironic shit right there. Didn’t he demand to be paid more then like Federov. So they shipped his underachieving ass to Hartford. What a bum.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 15, 2010 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, that was a good trade too. They got Brendan Shanahan in return.

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 16, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Trust me it was the 1st Round pick and Paul Coffey that got Shanahan not so much the holding out underachieving Kieth Primeau. The second part was for Snevik. ;-)

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 16, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t think anyone would disagree that Keith Primeau became the Keith Primeau we loved after he came to the Flyers.

by ic0n67 on Jul 16, 2010 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, I would agree – someone else may not. :)

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 16, 2010 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s a shame the organization stuck with lindros and not Brind’Amour. He has more class and puts more effort into his game than lindros, not to mention he knows how to skate with his head up. But its good to see him getting the recognition that he deserves as a great player.

by WWZPD on Jul 15, 2010 2:37 PM EDT reply actions

p.s.

its also pretty messed up with whats happening to gagne hes the verteran on the team and should retire as a flyer but the way things look thats not going to happen.

by WWZPD on Jul 15, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions

AMEN! to both points

by Vinney N on Jul 15, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Indeed.

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by Bud in TN on Jul 15, 2010 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions

They invested so much stock into Lindros they had to stay on that sinking ship

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions

We got Primeau out of Brind’Amour so i’m not going to complain. Preems was awesome

by historywillbemade on Jul 15, 2010 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions

WTF did he ever do for this city or the NHL besides complain, whine and stab people in the back.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 15, 2010 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions

he almost carried the team on his back to the SCF in 04.

by historywillbemade on Jul 16, 2010 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Agreed.

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 16, 2010 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Wow how amazing he ALMOST carried a team to the SCF. He almost won a whole friggin’ Eastern Conference championship, what a legend. And when he didn’t he stabbed a Flyer legend in the neck as his excuse. And people have no respect for Lindros who actually did carry a whole team to a SCF.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 16, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Also, seeing as the organization reached out to keep him in the fold, chances are he’s probably a decent human being. As far as what he’s done for the crest, he put his brain between us and losing, and got his eggs permanently scrambled for us. So, a tad more respect, maybe.

by Snevik on Jul 16, 2010 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

He was a vagabond and wasn’t really all that great.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 16, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t really care. The man had his brain repeatedly bruised in an effort to win and entertain you. The effort never lacked. His actual life—you know, the one that doesn’t involve a silly game—has suffered because of that. Respect him for that, or stop wasting everyone’s time with this vendetta.

by Snevik on Jul 16, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

What else would you get to do rip Carchidi. Come on it is amusing a little bit, right?

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 16, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, this is definitely fun. You’re whipping me into a fervor.

by Snevik on Jul 16, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Makes you feel alive. That is my role around here.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 16, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

is that you MarioD?

by historywillbemade on Jul 16, 2010 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Lindros was the franchise player. In the end, Brind’Amour was more expendable.

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by PursuitOfLappyness on Jul 15, 2010 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Was he a good enough player with them to warrant retiring the number, or is this based on wearing the C and lift the trophy?

by Snevik on Jul 15, 2010 2:45 PM EDT reply actions

He fully deserves it.
He is a Fantastic player who competed at 100% year after year and he won the Cup!

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions

So was Reggie Leach, Rick MacLeish…Simon Nolet.

I didn’t see him enough down there to actually say either way, but the two reasons you just gave me should mean that he never has to pay for a drink in Raleigh, not that no one should wear his number.

by Snevik on Jul 15, 2010 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Forget what how good he was here
He almost doubled Gagnes point production since he moved to Carolina!

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions

What are you talking about? Brind’Amour had 473 points as a Hurricane. Gagne, over the same window, had 524.

by Snevik on Jul 15, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he meant double the broken noses as Gagne

by ic0n67 on Jul 15, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I was using a calculator to crunch the # quickly out of curiosity and screwed up.
Thanks for the correction

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions

No Flyers player who dose not has his # retired has equaled the accomplishments Rod Brind’Amour has

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Which are what, exactly? That’s what my original question was. He won the Cup…and what else?

by Snevik on Jul 15, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Have you watched the guy play?
Hes is almost as tough as Lappy
He plays just as hard as Richards
He hardly ever missed a game
He led the Lockeroom better than most. (how often did you hear about internal drama in Carolina?)

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions

None of those are qualification for having your fucking number retired. Love Rod, but there’s a base level of greatness associated with these things. The Flyers have pretty clearly drawn that mark at “Hockey Hall of Fame.” Brind’Amour, great guy and great play though he is, will never be in the Hall of Fame.

So I’m asking what standard they are using instead, and “trying really hard” isn’t a satisfactory answer to that.

by Snevik on Jul 15, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Bruish won a cup and he will never his # retired
So no, the cup alone wont get you in the Hockey Hall of Fame of earn you a Banner
But if you “Try really hard” and deliver the Stanley cup, all the while being a top performer for more than a decade, win the Selke Trophy trophy twice, you start to distinguish yourself above your peers.

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

he was widely recognized as one of the top 3 faceoff men along with sundin and sakic over the past two decades. he’s also an iron man. dude is just a beast, show some love for rod the bod. he deserves every bit of this recognition.

by McNabbSoup on Jul 15, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions

I think it’s relative. In the Flyers organization, his number shouldn’t be in the rafters. In Carolina, he should be.

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by Travis Hughes on Jul 15, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Mark Howe???? He might be a player who has equaled the accomplishments Brind’Amour has. Minus the cup win, but he had plenty of chances. One of the greatest Defensemen the Flyers have ever had. He might be one player whose number isn’t retired who has equaled…..

by Dozer3677 on Jul 15, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

And he is an old Hartford Whaler too

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions

See?? A connection. No but really, Brindamour is one of my all time fav. flyers. I remember meeting him when he came to our school in …..95 I believe. He signed two cards for me. He was one of the nicest guys I have ever met, aside from Keith Primeau. But Mark Howe could be one of the greatest flyers, possibly the greatest, arguably of course, to never have his number retired.

by Dozer3677 on Jul 15, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Brind’Amour played for Carolina which was originally the Hartford Whalers who had a player named Mark Howe

Had Howe won a Stanley Cup along with all his other accomplishments, I think he would have his # retired in Philadelphia

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he deserves it. He’s one of the best players in Carolina franchise history, really. One of the most meaningful for sure.

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by Travis Hughes on Jul 15, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions

All time leader in Points and Assists, third all time in goals and led that team to a cup. Why does Bobby Clarke’s # warrant retirement in your opinion. And if it is based solely on the HHOF induction then give it 5 years he will probably be elected to the hall.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 15, 2010 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

There we go. That’s all I was asking for.

But if Pierre Turgeon is having trouble getting in, there’s no way Rod does.

by Snevik on Jul 15, 2010 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow, I said last night in the Gagne thread that I guarantee that Brind’Amour will get his number retired in Caronlina, and the next day it’s news!! What does everybody want me to predict next?

But I am glad that they are doing it in during a Flyers game, as he was very important to us before he was traded, so there will be something for both teams at the game. He was a great player and always worked very hard and won the cup with Carolina so he deserves this honor.

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by Lindbergh 31 on Jul 15, 2010 2:48 PM EDT reply actions

Please predict a Meszaros trade.

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by Bud in TN on Jul 15, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions

this

by ic0n67 on Jul 15, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions

If you can, make it for Andrew MacDonald

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by The Dark on Jul 15, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Or Hartnell.

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by penguinsfan on Jul 15, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Good times...

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jul 15, 2010 5:30 PM EDT reply actions

This might have to be my road trip game this year that me and my dad take annually.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 15, 2010 6:06 PM EDT reply actions

Nice!

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 15, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Raleigh is the last place I would normally think of but maybe for Brindy though.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 15, 2010 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s really nice down there, actually. Games are fun. I’m planning on going down for this game and the All-Star Game.

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by Travis Hughes on Jul 15, 2010 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I am gonna run this by the old man. He was set on maybe Montreal this year but we have been there before so this might be a good game. Wish it was on a weekend though.

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by M from Pdaddy on Jul 15, 2010 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Growing up, I really admired Rod and the other Flyers… Lindros, LeClaire, Desjardins, Hextall… no matter what anyone else thinks about them. They were the Flyers of my childhood and inspired me to play and love hockey as much as I do. Really happy for Rod. I love this team.

by jewbilee on Jul 15, 2010 8:18 PM EDT reply actions

I’m really going to try to make this trip. Do I smell a BSH roadtrip?

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by darkside3744 on Jul 15, 2010 8:30 PM EDT reply actions

for the first time, I’m actually happy I moved to NC. And I just found my old brind’amour Jersey. Ill put it on my son for the game.

by hbcivicsi93 on Jul 15, 2010 9:08 PM EDT reply actions

Although I am 3 hours away

by hbcivicsi93 on Jul 15, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Congrats to Rod. He was a hell of a player.

by SkookFlyerfan on Jul 15, 2010 9:34 PM EDT reply actions

by BroadStreetBully on Jul 16, 2010 3:48 AM EDT reply actions

Is that Rick Tocchet, giving the finger to Broad Street?

by Snevik on Jul 16, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions

on an odd note … Doesn’t that picture of Brind a’mour look like it is missing something? Like a text bubble saying: Yo, Adrian! I DID IT!

by ic0n67 on Jul 16, 2010 3:10 PM EDT reply actions

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@ Chicago Second City Hockey	Mon 05/31	L 1 - 2

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