Recruits 2026 and Beyond

[stereax]

Who changed their number besides DiGiulian?

Hiscock took DiGiulian's number.

Also, 60. I want to vomit. Like Castagna, Rousseau better be worth it 😭

Ashton also moved to 11.

This amount of number changing should be illegal.

Numbers ought to be proportional to name length.  Zadvernyuk getting 7 is visually criminal

Defenders simply cannot wear number 11

the number that looks like prison bars? sure they can.

Doubled numbers are always acceptable for dmen.

7 is a dman number which is why I'm annoyed a forward has it.

[Trotsky]

Doubled numbers are always acceptable for dmen.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

7 is a dman number which is why I'm annoyed a forward has it.

Two words:  Brock Tredway

[Al DeFlorio]

7 is a dman number which is why I'm annoyed a forward has it.

Two words:  Brock Tredway

Doug Ferguson

[George64]

Two words:  Brock Tredway

Doug Ferguson

Doug, Brock - not bad company!  But how would a 20-something know?

[billhoward]

Doug, Brock - not bad company!  But how would a 20-something know?

Claude would know all.

[stereax]

Two words:  Brock Tredway

Doug Ferguson

Doug, Brock - not bad company!  But how would a 20-something know?

7 is not a forward's number it's a defenseman's number no amount of counterexamples will make me change my mind

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Two words:  Brock Tredway

Doug Ferguson

Doug, Brock - not bad company!  But how would a 20-something know?

7 is not a forward's number it's a defenseman's number no amount of counterexamples will make me change my mind

Let's go pro:

Phil Esposito
Bill Barber
Ted Lindsay
Brady Tkachuk
Rod Gilbert
Rick Martin
Lanny McDonald
Joe Mullen
Red Berenson

I rest my case.

[stereax]

Two words:  Brock Tredway

Doug Ferguson

Doug, Brock - not bad company!  But how would a 20-something know?

7 is not a forward's number it's a defenseman's number no amount of counterexamples will make me change my mind

Let's go pro:

Phil Esposito
Bill Barber
Ted Lindsay
Brady Tkachuk
Rod Gilbert
Rick Martin
Lanny McDonald
Joe Mullen
Red Berenson

I rest my case.

Bro snuck Brady Tkachuk in there 💀

[Weder]

I don't think I realized that this exists: Men's Ice Hockey Sweater Number History

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Two words:  Brock Tredway

Doug Ferguson

Doug, Brock - not bad company!  But how would a 20-something know?

7 is not a forward's number it's a defenseman's number no amount of counterexamples will make me change my mind

Let's go pro:

Phil Esposito
Bill Barber
Ted Lindsay
Brady Tkachuk
Rod Gilbert
Rick Martin
Lanny McDonald
Joe Mullen
Red Berenson

I rest my case.

Bro snuck Brady Tkachuk in there 💀

Yep.  One for you young bucks.   

[stereax]

Two words:  Brock Tredway

Doug Ferguson

Doug, Brock - not bad company!  But how would a 20-something know?

7 is not a forward's number it's a defenseman's number no amount of counterexamples will make me change my mind

Let's go pro:

Phil Esposito
Bill Barber
Ted Lindsay
Brady Tkachuk
Rod Gilbert
Rick Martin
Lanny McDonald
Joe Mullen
Red Berenson

I rest my case.

Bro snuck Brady Tkachuk in there 💀

Yep.  One for you young bucks.   

Hahahaha. Fair.

I still maintain it's a bad look to be under 8 as a forward. And 8 is only acceptable because Ovechkin. I don't particularly like 9 on forwards either ngl. At least it's not 2, like a bunch of the young buck forwards are wearing nowadays. I want to throttle them.

[stereax]

I don't think I realized that this exists: Men's Ice Hockey Sweater Number History

Trotsky has one on his site too! Fun to scroll through.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Two words:  Brock Tredway

Doug Ferguson

Doug, Brock - not bad company!  But how would a 20-something know?

7 is not a forward's number it's a defenseman's number no amount of counterexamples will make me change my mind

Let's go pro:

Phil Esposito
Bill Barber
Ted Lindsay
Brady Tkachuk
Rod Gilbert
Rick Martin
Lanny McDonald
Joe Mullen
Red Berenson

I rest my case.

Bro snuck Brady Tkachuk in there 💀

Yep.  One for you young bucks.   

Hahahaha. Fair.

I still maintain it's a bad look to be under 8 as a forward. And 8 is only acceptable because Ovechkin. I don't particularly like 9 on forwards either ngl. At least it's not 2, like a bunch of the young buck forwards are wearing nowadays. I want to throttle them.

D-men:      2-6, 26-29
Fwds:       7-25
Goalies:    1, 30-35