NickNickNick Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 The Oilers will retire Glenn Anderson's #9 next week. The Sportsnet guy said this will likely be the last number the Oilers will retire for awhile. What about Kevin Lowe?1st Oiler draft pick1st Oiler Goal6-time Oiler all-Star5 time Olier Cup WinnerOiler CaptainKing Clancy in 1990Never missed the playoffs with the Oilers1979-80 Edmonton Oilers NHL 64 2 19 21 70 3 0 1 1 01980-81 Edmonton Oilers NHL 79 10 24 34 94 9 0 2 2 111981-82 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 9 31 40 63 5 0 3 3 01982-83 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 6 34 40 43 16 1 8 9 101983-84 Edmonton Oilers* NHL 80 4 42 46 59 19 3 7 10 161984-85 Edmonton Oilers* NHL 80 4 22 26 104 16 0 5 5 81985-86 Edmonton Oilers NHL 74 2 16 18 90 10 1 3 4 151986-87 Edmonton Oilers* NHL 77 8 29 37 94 21 2 4 6 221987-88 Edmonton Oilers* NHL 70 9 15 24 89 19 0 2 2 261988-89 Edmonton Oilers NHL 76 7 18 25 98 7 1 2 3 41989-90 Edmonton Oilers* NHL 78 7 26 33 140 20 0 2 2 101990-91 Edmonton Oilers NHL 73 3 13 16 113 14 1 1 2 141991-92 Edmonton Oilers NHL 55 2 8 10 107 11 0 3 3 16 Spoiler New York Rangers. Stanley Cup Champions - 1928, 1933, 1940, 1994. Saskatchewan. Cold. 1905-2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelayedPenalty Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I believe that Kevin Lowe is worthy of the Hall of Fame, and thus deserves his number retired in Edmonton. He has done much more for the team besides what he did as a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 He was one of the best defensemen in the game in my mind, he was a huge roll on the Oiler Dynasty, sure his name isn't brought up until after (Gretzky, Kurri, Messier, Fuhr, Anderson andCoffey) but his roll was just as big as those guys.100% agree on retiring Kevin Lowe's number 4 to the Rexall Place Rafters JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Meningocele Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 He was one of the best defensemen in the game in my mind, he was a huge roll on the Oiler Dynasty, sure his name isn't brought up until after (Gretzky, Kurri, Messier, Fuhr, Anderson andCoffey) but his roll was just as big as those guys.100% agree on retiring Kevin Lowe's number 4 to the Rexall Place RaftersDude, it's role. But yeah, hoist that number, for all the reasons NickNickNickNickNickNickNick gave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 1st draft pick doesn't mean anything. 1st team goal is nice, but doesn't mean anything as far as a good player. Captain, okay, but a lot of people have been captains that aren't worthy to have their number retired. 6 time All Star, *sigh* I guess that's important. King Clancy, I'll give you that as a good reason, though many people are leaders, but aren't good enough to have their number retired. What says it to me is 5 time Cup champion. That is the only argument you need. It's not like he was just a role player who played 10 games or so, he was a top four defenseman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I can't seem to recall the last time the Oilers issued the #4 jersey to a player, which has to be a sign that it'll be in the Rexall rafters in the near future.On top of that, Edmonton's not in a huge rush to retire all the greats' numbers, seeing as how they just got to Messier in February of '07. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon_Matrix Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 In a few years. They need something left to celebrate and honour. They can't very well have a "Doug Weight" night, can they? Because Korbyn Is Colour Blind, My Signature Is Now Idiot Proof - Thanks Again Braden!!Go Leafs Go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Yes, but he needs to be a few years removed from the GM position.-Dan PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickNickNick Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 I can't seem to recall the last time the Oilers issued the #4 jersey to a player, which has to be a sign that it'll be in the Rexall rafters in the near future.On top of that, Edmonton's not in a huge rush to retire all the greats' numbers, seeing as how they just got to Messier in February of '07.Well, they did have to wait for him to retire. Spoiler New York Rangers. Stanley Cup Champions - 1928, 1933, 1940, 1994. Saskatchewan. Cold. 1905-2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I can't seem to recall the last time the Oilers issued the #4 jersey to a player, which has to be a sign that it'll be in the Rexall rafters in the near future.On top of that, Edmonton's not in a huge rush to retire all the greats' numbers, seeing as how they just got to Messier in February of '07.Well, they did have to wait for him to retire.Well, that's true. Too bad Kevin Lowe had to kill Mark Messier Night (and my birthday) by trading 'the franchise', Ryan Smyth, earlier that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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