How Many People Have Been Successful In Retiring A Jersey #

[crown]

Is it just that one guy with Mike Modano or has anyone actually really done it? Can you even do it? Is it done by keeping a player on one team for his whole career until he retires?

My personal experience attempting to retire a jersey was in a game where I drafted Sidney Crosby as the first pick. And he stayed on the team until he was 39. When his contract expired... He didn't want to renegotiate. No matter how much money I offered him he would not come back to the team. I'm actually pretty sure he became a free agent, and went unsigned, and STILL refused to play for my team. The team he played for his entire life. And we won so many Stanley Cups. Keep in mind also that his consistency is like, 18, I think. Anyone know why that would happen?

[batdad]

Yep. He was bored. Anyway, it appears to be the case that the only way to even have a faint hope that someone's jersey retires when you have a great player....is that he stays with your team the ENTIRE time...never ever goes RFA or UFA or anything for even a second. ALso.....you notice how sometimes jersey numbers are an issue? Double numbers with a new kid usually having worn the same # for another team? Well....that screws things up too in my opinion. Because...sometimes if you click on the new kid to change his jersey # to something else...you end up taking that # off the superstar. and guess what....I think even for that second...boom screwed.

[crown]

Yeah I know they have to have the same number everytime and can never be a free agent. That's exactly how I did it with Crosby, every year he played on my team, with the number 87. Which is why I was so mad when Crosby turned 40 and would rather be a free agent for a year and then retire, rather then play for my team for one more year and then retire. And with a consistency of 18. It just made no sense to me.

[Richie Daggers Crime]

I'm curious what his consistency has to do with anything? My understanding is that it's only related to on-ice performance.

[crown]

I'm pretty sure it's how likely he is to stay re-sign with the team he's currently playing for

[Manimal]

I'm pretty sure it's how likely he is to stay re-sign with the team he's currently playing for

No, that is loyalty

[crown]

No, that is loyalty

Yeah... That makes a lot more sense. haha

[ExxonPirate]

I bought EHM in 2008. I've played it an unruly amount of time, and I had never seen a number retired. However, I recently started playing a game using the most recent Unfaking database (I think). Anyway, a couple months in Montreal retires Guy Carbonneau's number, and (another long retired player). Then, a couple years in Florida retires number 93 for (something) Young. I click his name, and he's fifteen playing in the PAV in Ontario. Obviously a bug, but still.

Five years playing, and then suddenly three jerseys retired in one save.

[Animal31]

Its a bug, that i beleive points to either his regen, or the new player that took over his ID, i would guess the latter