[blueandwhite]

Adam Graves, Andy Bathgate and Harry Howell.
Number 9 will be retired in Graves' honour on Feb 3.
On Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, the NYR will retire jersey No. 9 and jersey No. 3 in honor of Bathgate and Howell.
"We are proud to have Adam join his fellow 1994 Stanley Cup Champion teammates Mike Richter, Mark Messier and Brian Leetch," says GM and Pres Glen Sather, "as well as legends Rod Gilbert and Eddie Giacomin, as his number is raised to the rafters of Madison Square Garden."
From the rangers site:
Graves set the franchise record for most goals in a season with his 52-goal campaign in 1993-94 (since broken by Jaromir Jagr in 2005-06), and ranks third in career goals (280) and 10th in points (507). Graves has also won several Rangers’ awards in recognition of his contribution to the community, including the Steven McDonald Award (1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, and 2000), the Rangers Fan Club Ceil Saidel Memorial Award (1996, 1997 and 2000) and the Crumb Bum Award (1993)...
Bathgate, who played 12 seasons with the New York Rangers from 1952-53 to 1963-64 and served as Captain from 1961 to 1964, established himself as one of the most prolific scorers to don the Rangers sweater. He became the first Rangers player to register 40 goals in one season in 1958-59, and ranks fourth in career goals (272), assists (457) and points (729). Bathgate also holds the franchise record for most consecutive games with at least one goal, tallying a goal in 10-straight contests during the 1962-63 seasons (11 goals over the span)...
Howell, who played 17 seasons with the New York Rangers from 1952-53 to 1968-69 and served as Captain from 1955 to 1957, established the benchmark for consistency and durability in the Rangers organization. He holds the franchise record with 1,160 games played, missing only 40 out of 1,200 regular season games during his tenure in New York. Howell also ranks fifth in Rangers history in assists by a defenseman (263) and points by a defenseman (345), and ranks sixth in goals by a defenseman (82).

[Oli Jokinen!]

You spelled Honor wrong.

[blueandwhite]

That's how we spell it up here in Canada.
honour.
I just noticed, I spelled it wrong a second time - honor.

[Oli Jokinen!]

. Here in Buffalo we don't say anything in a different way. I guess that means we pay attention when we learn things... Doesn't seem like that to me. But I never heard of those guys the Rangers honored.

[blueandwhite]

actually the rest of the english speaking world spells it 'honour'. It's just you guys to the south that chose to omit the 'u'.

[Oli Jokinen!]

Schools are dumb.
Anyways were they could players with the stats or good leaders?

[glenn]

I hope your comments are a deliberate act of humour. Yeah that's a u.