It must be the dog days of summer when it comes to the National Hockey League. Why else would I be doing this? It’s not like this list is something new, it’s been done by many others. I’ve seen all but eight of these players play so, I thought I would put my own list together.
Criteria are easy. All they had to do was slip on the Spoked B and dress for a game.
You probably won’t agree with the entire list, but these debates are always fun. Here is my list:
1 – Cecil “Tiny” Thompson – Hockey Hall of Fame
2 – Eddie Shore – Hockey Hall of Fame – Number retired
3 – Lionel Hitchman – Number retired
4 – Bobby Orr – Hockey Hall of Fame – Number retired
5 – Dit Clapper – Hockey Hall of Fame – Number retired
6 – Joe Thornton – Sure bet to get into the Hockey Hall of Fame
7 – Phil Esposito – Hockey Hall of Fame – Number retired
8 – Cam Neely – Hockey Hall of Fame – Number retired – Currently Team President
9 – John Bucyk – Hockey Hall of Fame – Number retired
10 – Bill Cowley – Hockey Hall of Fame
11 – P J Axelsson – Currently the Team’s head of European Scouting – Appears on this list twice
12 – Adam Oates – Hockey Hall of Fame
13 – Bill Guerin
14 – Woody Dumart – Hockey Hall of Fame
15 – Milt Schmidt – Hockey Hall of Fame – Number retired
16 – Rick Middleton – Number retired
17 – Bobby Bauer – Hockey Hall of Fame
18 – Ed Westfall
19 – Joe Thornton – Sure bet to get into the Hockey Hall of Fame
20 – Leo Boivin – Hockey Hall of Fame
21 – Don Marcotte
22 – Brad Park – Hockey Hall of Fame
23 – Steve Heinze
24 – Terry O’Reilly – Number retired
25 – Gary Doak
26 – Glen Wesley
27 – Glen Murray
28 – Mark Recchi – Hockey Hall of Fame
29 – Brad McCrimmon
30 – Gerry Cheevers – Hockey Hall of Fame
31 – Jacques Plante – Hockey Hall of Fame
32 – Don Sweeney – Currently the Team General Manager
33 – Zdeno Chara – Sure bet to get into the Hockey Hall of Fame and have his number retired
34 – Byron Dafoe
35 – Andy Moog
36 – Dave Reid
37 – Patrice Bergeron – Currently Team Captain. – Sure bet to get into the Hockey Hall of Fame and have his number retired
38 – Vladimir Ruzicka
39 – Greg Johnston
40 – Tuukka Rask
41 – Jason Allison
42 – Bob Sweeney
43 – Al Iafrate
44 – Dennis Seidenberg
45 – Mark Stuart
46 – David Krejci
47 – Torey Krug
48 – Matt Hunwick
49 – Joe Juneau
50 – Jonas Gustavsson
51 – Ryan Spooner
52 – Sean Kuraly
53 – Jeremy Reich
54 – Adam McQuaid
55 – Johnny Boychuk
56 – Doug Doull
57 – P J Axelsson – Currently the Team’s head of European Scouting
58 – Kevin Dallman
59 – Tim Schaller
60 – Vladimir Sobotka
61 – Byron Bitz
62 – Milan Lucic
63 – Brad Marchand
64 – Jarno Kultanen
65 – Brett Harkins – Currently the head of the Team’s NCAA Scouting
67 – Benoit Pouliot
68 – Jaromir Jagr
69 – Never worn
70 – Tim Thomas
71 – Jiri Slegr
72 – Frank Vatrano
73 – Charlie McAvoy
74 – Paul Coffey – Hockey Hall of Fame
75 – Hal Gill
76 – Dennis Bonvie – Currently the Team’s Director of Pro Scouting
77 – Ray Bourque – Hockey Hall of Fame – Number retired
78 – Never worn
79 – David Warsofsky
80 – Dan Vladar
81 – Phil Kessel
82 – Trent Frederic
83 – Patrick Leahy
84 – Jarred Tinordi
85 – Kyle Keyser
86 – Kevan Miller
87 – Never worn
88 – David Pastrnak
89 – Zdenek Blatny
90 – Marcus Johansson
91 – Marc Savard
92 – Michael Nylander
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Dom - Hockey 
If a player is the only player to wear a number, does it qualify him to be the best to wear it?
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Yes.
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So, I know that nobody can wear #99 but how about 3s 93-98?
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