Around the League 2021-22 Part 2

[McDonald19]

Kings to retire Brown's number, unveil statue - TSN.ca

Kind of low standards for statues at Staples/Crypto. Kopitar, Doughty, and Quick will get statues too?

 

[Duck Off]

Kings to retire Brown's number, unveil statue - TSN.ca

Kind of low standards for statues at Staples/Crypto. Kopitar, Doughty, and Quick will get statues too?

Yeah statues are a bit much for me. Though I wouldn't hate if they tore down the Wildwing one and replaced it with a Selanne one.

 

[Paul4587]

My god the Kings have low standards for everything. He is a pretty low threshold for a jersey retirement, let alone a statue!

What a joke of an organization.

 

[Goose of Reason]

It's pretty hard not to retire a guy's number who captained you to multiple cups but a statue feels like a lot.

 

[bsu]

Don't mind putting his jersey up because it was their first cups but a statue.... You can't be serious.

 

[Paul4587]

It's pretty hard not to retire a guy's number who captained you to multiple cups but a statue feels like a lot.

I get that he captained his team to cups (he also had his captaincy stripped later on) but at the end of the day he topped out as a 60 point forward, teams need higher standards than retiring the jersey of low end first liners. Kopitar, Quick and Doughty were the engine drivers of that team, if the C was on any of their jerseys or anyone else for that matter that team is still winning two cups.

 

[bsu]

The Kings have never won a cup without Dustin Brown as their captain. Say what you want but that's a fact. A statue seems straight ridiculous though.

 

[c4rcy]

By those standards we probably owe a statue to Chris Kunitz or Andy McDonald then.

Number retirement is probably fine but arguably as others are alluding to, Kopi, Doughty and Quick all deserve it much more than Brown. May have to increase the wearable number limit to 3 digits soon

 

[Terry Yake]

brown is 100% worthy of his # being retired as he captained them to 2 cups and was a mainstay for nearly 20 years, but a statue? lol

and i thought the oscar de la hoya statue was cringey

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Kings to retire Brown's number, unveil statue - TSN.ca

Kind of low standards for statues at Staples/Crypto. Kopitar, Doughty, and Quick will get statues too?

A statue?! LOL what the hell. Better get ready for a whole statue garden on Katella if Brown is your bar. Can't wait to see the Jake Muzzin fresco or whatever.

 

[Deuce22]

Magic, Gretzky, Kareem, West, Shaq, Dustin Brown? Who is out of place here?

 

[Kalv]

Preds with the banners and Kings with the statues, lol.

 

[irishsetter13]

BTW....Kobe Bryant doesnt even have a statue....but Dustin Brown will have one first!

 

[Quack Shot]

If the statue can be turned into a four person one where it’s Kopitar, Doughty, Quick, and Brown, then it’s fine. But yeah, it’s weird.

 

[Deuce22]

If the statue can be turned into a four person one where it’s Kopitar, Doughty, Quick, and Brown, then it’s fine. But yeah, it’s weird.

Brown should be the last of those 4 to have a statue. And I loathe Doughty and can't stand Quick.

 

[Bender66]

Will the statue include the opposing team's player with his back to Brown as he throws a hit?

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

Will the statue include the opposing team's player with his back to Brown as he throws a hit?

Nah, his statue should be the image in my PFP. That’s truly his most iconic moment

 

[bsu]

I still cannot fathom Dustin Brown getting a statue.... lol I'm definitely in agreement to retire his jersey but my goodness.

Is that the worst player in any sport to get a statue outside of an arena?? Legit asking.

 

[Paul4587]

Re the jersey retirement, it still seems like awfully low standards. Just because he had the C on his chest for his teams first cups doesn’t mean he’s a good enough player to warrant his jersey being in the rafters. He was a fringe first liner in his best years, teams should be reserving jersey retirements for the absolute franchise icons who are close to HOF talents. I would also argue that Kopitar was the true leader of those two cup winning teams.

Derian Hatcher was a much better player than Brown was for the Kings when he was with Dallas, he captained the team there for longer than Brown did in LA and was never stripped of his captaincy like Brown was. He also captained that franchise to their first cup. But his jersey isn’t up in the rafters because the Stars obviously try to maintain high standards for jersey retirements.

And yeah still can’t get over the statue. What an absolute joke.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Will the statue include the opposing team's player with his back to Brown as he throws a hit?

It should have one gigantic knee and be really easy to topple over.

 

[Paul4587]

Kings fans get weirdly passionate when it comes to defending Brown. A trashy franchise with a trash fanbase that had a piece of trash of a captain when they won their cups. They’re all made for each other.

 

[bsu]

Putting a Brown statue would be like putting a Fowler statue if he finishes his career here (Brown has the Captaincy even though they pulled it from him vs. Fowler is a better player and will be for longer/longevity IMO). About even.

 

[Terry Yake]

i would understand kopitar getting one, but brown is just lol

 

[Mr Rogers]

Trevor Linden is to Vancouver as Dustin Brown is to the Kings. Fans (and broadcasters) worshipping a player who just wasn't nearly as special as they think he was.

 

[bsu]