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Just about every team in the league has at least a handful of retired or honored numbers, and now we are going to take a look at the next player for each NHL team who should have his jersey placed in the rafters. We are excluding players whose number retirements are scheduled for this season or next season and looking only at players who have not yet been announced. Anaheim Ducks: Ryan Getzlaf 15 When Getzlaf retires he is going to finish his career as the Ducks' all-time leader in games played, assists and total points while also being a Stanley Cup champion and longtime captain of the team.
His peak may not have been as good as that of players like Paul Kariya or Teemu Selanne, but his overall resume is as complete as any other player the franchise has ever seen.
Arizona Coyotes: Oliver Ekman-Larsson 23 Playing in Arizona and on a team that has not made the playoffs often, it can be easy to overlook Ekman-Larsson. But he is an outstanding top-pairing defenseman and has been the Coyotes' best all-around player from almost the day he arrived. He is a constant threat to score 20 goals as a defenseman and is one of the most best offensive blue-liners in the entire league.
At this point it still seems like a stretch to think he will one day have his number retired, but he might be the next logical choice in the future. Boston Bruins: Patrice Bergeron 37 Bergeron is one of the best all-around players of his era and an all-time great Bruin. In his 16 years and counting with the team, he helped the Bruins win a Stanley Cup, play in two other Stanley Cup Finals, won four Selke Trophies as the league's best defensive forward and was the driving force behind one of the best defensive teams in the entire league.
He's a Hall of Famer and worthy of joining all of the Bruins' all-time greats. Slideshow continues on the next slide. Buffalo Sabres: Dave Andreychuk 25 Andreychuk is all over the Sabres' all-time leader boards, currently residing in the top three in goals, assists and total points, while also ranking sixth all-time in games played.
He is a Hall of Famer and was a massive piece of several playoff teams in Buffalo throughout the s. So it is kind of a mystery as to why it has not actually been put in the rafters next to Mike Vernon's and Lanny McDonald's.
Fleury helped the Flames win the Stanley Cup as a rookie during the season and then went on to be one of the most prolific scorers in franchise history. Carolina Hurricanes: Eric Staal 12 It is easy to forget just how good Staal was in the early part of his career with the Hurricanes. He scored 40 goals two different times, was a dominant two-way player and helped bring the Stanley Cup to Raleigh during the season.
He is the best player the franchise has had since it relocated to North Carolina and was the best player on the franchise's only championship team. Chicago Blackhawks: Steve Larmer 28 There are a lot of Blackhawks fans who think this should have already happened. He may not have the Stanley Cup clout that the current core of Blackhawks has Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith , but those players are all still active and years away from being in a position to have their numbers retired.
Larmer is also one of the best players in franchise history and helped turn the team into a Stanley Cup contender in the early s, including the season when it actually reached the Stanley Cup Final. Colorado Avalanche: Nathan MacKinnon 29 Going far into the future here, but MacKinnon is probably going to be the next player to get this honor.
The Avalanche have already retired most of the notable numbers from their championship era, and of the remaining core players from those teams Chris Drury, Alex Tanguay they probably did not play long enough in Colorado to warrant such an honor. MacKinnon, though, appears he is going to be with the Avalanche for the long haul and end up being one of the best players of his era.
The Avalanche have a chance to bring the Stanley Cup back to Denver in the very near future, and if MacKinnon helps deliver that he will be an Avalanche legend.
Columbus Blue Jackets: Rick Nash 61 Nash does not get anywhere near enough credit for how good of a player he was. A former No. He was a yearly threat to score 40 goals and was an outstanding two-way player who also developed into one of the league's best penalty killers.
The Blue Jackets were never really able to build anything significant around him, but it does not take away from the fact he is the best player the team has ever had. The other top defenseman on that team was the rugged Hatcher, a player who probably best defined that era of the NHL and Stars hockey. A physical, shutdown defenseman who was part of the backbone of the team's only Stanley Cup winning club.
Detroit Red Wings: Henrik Zetterberg 40 You could make the argument that Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk should probably both get their numbers retired together given their importance between the and seasons. They were the backbone of one of the league's best teams and among the best two-way players in the league during that time. I will give Zetterberg the edge as the player who followed Nicklas Lidstrom as team captain and for his Conn Smythe winning performance.
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