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The Memphis Grizzlies retired #50 for Zach Randolph tonight, and the banner looks like a platinum record:

 

I can't find a photo online, but this actually matches the FedExForum suite (and office?) signage, which looks like a little gold record at each door.

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A few turn of the century NHL expansion teams have recently retired their first numbers.

 

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The Blue Jackets went with the appropriate font for Nash instead of the current one, which is a nice touch.

 

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The Koivu one is a bit odd. They used the current road name & number font, but the bottom of the banner has the striping from the old Minny jerseys.

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11 hours ago, spartacat_12 said:

A few turn of the century NHL expansion teams have recently retired their first numbers.

 

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The Blue Jackets went with the appropriate font for Nash instead of the current one, which is a nice touch.

 

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The Koivu one is a bit odd. They used the current road name & number font, but the bottom of the banner has the striping from the old Minny jerseys.

I think the idea with the Koivu banner is that the striping matches both the other banner, and the actual jerseys Koivu wore. I definitely associate the block font with Koivu more, so I’m glad they used it. 

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On 3/14/2022 at 10:58 PM, chcarlson23 said:

I think the idea with the Koivu banner is that the striping matches both the other banner, and the actual jerseys Koivu wore. I definitely associate the block font with Koivu more, so I’m glad they used it. 

Since the other banner is for "the fans" (and lame as hell), they should make Koivu's consistent and tailor the other one to it, in my opinion. Actually, I'd rather they get rid of the fans one altogether.

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3 hours ago, OnWis97 said:

Since the other banner is for "the fans" (and lame as hell), they should make Koivu's consistent and tailor the other one to it, in my opinion. Actually, I'd rather they get rid of the fans one altogether.

Yeah I was hoping that the Wild Fans banner would have silently been dropped. And with Koivu it was tough, because while he wore both, I feel like the block font is more synonymous with him. Honestly they could have gone with a red banner matching that era too…

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20 hours ago, SportsFan6475 said:

The Lakers added new individual championship banners for the Minneapolis years.

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Plus they updated their retired jerseys to reflect the specific jersey each player played with when they retired Mikan's jersey this seasonspacer.png

 

 

 

The Lakers also retired Pau Gasol's 16 this year

 

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And on the other end of the arena, the Kings retired Dustin Brown's 23 

 

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Yea, I hate on Vegas for many things, but the banner is actually surprisingly fresh. 

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