Honoured Numbers

[Zyllyx]

Quick question - how does one alter the list of retired/honoured numbers for an NHL team? Can't figure out how (or if) you can do it in commissioner mode. Several of my Arizona Coyotes can't play with their actual numbers because they're listed in the "honoured" section incorrectly.

[JeffR]

There's no way to alter the retired/honoured list manually right now. I think we're going to have to make an adjustment to the way we set up the initial numbers, so guys like Keller start with their correct number even though it's technically "honoured" by the team. The honoured numbers can actually be given to players, but it has to be at the player's request, which may or may not happen.

[Zyllyx]

Originally Posted by JeffR

There's no way to alter the retired/honoured list manually right now. I think we're going to have to make an adjustment to the way we set up the initial numbers, so guys like Keller start with their correct number even though it's technically "honoured" by the team. The honoured numbers can actually be given to players, but it has to be at the player's request, which may or may not happen.

It'd be cool (not sure how easy, tho) to implement it so that, either in commissioner or just regular mode (i.e. as a GM manager option), you tick a box if you want "Honoured" numbers to be available for players to use or if you want them reserved. Different teams use different methodologies depending on the prevailing winds of opinion. Not sure if it'd be better to implement as a single catch-all option or if you would go into the Honoured Numbers section itself and tick player-by-player which ones are available and which ones aren't.

In the Coyotes' case, most of the current "Honoured Numbers" are available except for Gretzky's (which is obviously retired league-wide), but they weren't up until about 2 years ago because of a "gentlemen's agreement" with the Jets. Now, the "Honoured Numbers" of Jet players (Anders Steen, Bobby Hull, Dale Hawerchuk) are all in use, but the "Honoured Numbers" of Keith Tkachuk, Teppo Numminen, and Jeremy Roenick are still off-limits. However, none of them are officially retired yet.