I think he may not have liked that if that happened. I don't think he's on such great terms with the organization.
It's been so long that there's hardly anybody still working there who was there when he last played there almost 20 years ago, but I think that probably would have been in bad taste if you asked him.
Sometimes they do that against the other team the player played for. I think they retired Selanne's number in Anaheim when Winnipeg was in town, even though it wasn't the same organization as the Winnipeg Jets that he played for. I think they also retired Ryan Miller's number in Buffalo a few years back when Anaheim was in town, the team he last played with in the NHL.