Does Carter deserve to have 77 retired?

[Gjwrams]

Nope.

Quick, Kopi, Doughty, then likely a long period of no retired numbers

Yep. Was going to say the same thing. If Kempe plays another 6-8 years at a 30 goal clip. Then maybe for him, but doubtful.

 

[KINGS17]

No more jerseys retired until John Zeiler gets his up there.

#73 in your program, #1 in your heart.

Great cleaner of the glass. Zeiler's nickname should have been Windex.

 

[chris kontos]

QUICK 32

 

[Lt Dan]

I can imagine someone else wearing 77.

I can't imagine anyone else ever wearing 11, 23, 32 or 8.

What about #69?

 

[kingsboy11]

The answer is no, but he deserves his flowers like Williams and Martinez. There's a lot of players on those cup teams that deserve legends nights and he's near the top.

I think if he played the remainder of his career here in LA I think a case could be made. Just unfortunate the team had a dramatic downturn when it did.

 

[SmytheKing]

I’d love for the kings to have a ring of honor type thing. Guys like Carter and Hrudey and Williams would be in there. Players who were Kings legends but not at the level of someone to get their numbers retired.

 

[Trash Panda]

77 should be a very safe number.

Carts was great, and an even better fit for the roster at the time…

But no.

 

[King'sPawn]

I’d love for the kings to have a ring of honor type thing. Guys like Carter and Hrudey and Williams would be in there. Players who were Kings legends but not at the level of someone to get their numbers retired.

Carter should definitely be part of a legends night. But I would be completely okay with future players wearing 77 - Jesse's criteria is basically mine as well.

 

[kilowatt]

Carter has scored the 14th-most points in Kings history, two more points than Alex Frolov. He absolutely deserves a legends night and he was a pivotal piece of the championship teams, but there's really no reason to retire his jersey. Congrats to him in retirement, this is what getting old feels like.

 

[parrotdude]

Contrarian vote for Yes.

We should recognize the players that were key to the Kings getting the Stanley Cup. For me, that was Kopi, Carter, Brown, Doughty and Quick.

Carter played a 200 ft game, played Power Play, and Penalty Kill
(even during regular season. How many elite players do that?), scored timely goals, was back checking, Everything to win the Cup.

He was able to elevate the play of his teammates. Regardless of who was on it, it seemed like his line was always an offensive threat, He made Lucic look like an offensive force his year as a King.

Media referred to #11 and 77 as the Kings' 1A/1B centers.

I think that there is a slight bias not to fully appreciate his accomplishments on this boards because he wasn't a Kings prospect. If he was, I think the majority would vote the other way.

In short, he was vital to the team winning, not individual accolades.

Edit: missed Brown as the Cup core

 

[Brownie to Pancakes]

There are plenty of players like that, every winning team has several in their history, and it certainly does not elevate to the level of a jersey retirement. Coming from a huge carts fan

 

[parrotdude]

There are plenty of players like that, every winning team has several in their history, and it certainly does not elevate to the level of a jersey retirement. Coming from a huge carts fan

I would whole-heartedly agree with you if it was just a hot streak in one playoffs.

Just my honest opinion. Best equivalent I can come up with is Hossa's jersey retirement in Chicago.

 

[Rick Knickleback]

This is Rod Buskas erasure.

 

[kilowatt]

I would whole-heartedly agree with you if it was just a hot streak in one playoffs.

Just my honest opinion. Best equivalent I can come up with is Hossa's jersey retirement in Chicago.

If Carter had retired a King, then this might be a different story. Hossa retired a Hawk. They’re definitely comparable though.

 

[Martyros]

Not until I see Jason Allison up there.

 

[BringTheReign]

Absolutely not. It’d be honestly be a joke to have Carters banner hanging next to Kopitars. Doughty Kopitar and potentially Quick.

Potentially?! What is "potential" about retiring #32 (unless he turns down the honor himself)?

 

[Lt Dan]

Absolutely not. It’d be honestly be a joke to have Carters banner hanging next to Kopitars. Doughty Kopitar and potentially Quick.

I usually agree with you Sol, but as others pointed out, Quick is a given unless he declines.
I would also give him a statue and a concession and sexual maneuver naked after him

 

[21Dog]

I usually agree with you Sol, but as others pointed out, Quick is a given unless he declines.
I would also give him a statue and a concession and sexual maneuver naked after him

Would the blocker to Perry's boys be considered a sexual maneuver?

 

[Sol]

Potentially?! What is "potential" about retiring #32 (unless he turns down the honor himself)?

I usually agree with you Sol, but as others pointed out, Quick is a given unless he declines.
I would also give him a statue and a concession and sexual maneuver naked after him

I think he might potentially decline the offer imo if the accounts of him being super pissed is true

 

[FrozenKing18]

I feel that if Carts were never traded, and he had finished his career in LA, he would’ve had a higher chance of getting his jersey retired.

 

[SlimCharles]

It will be 23, 11, 8 and 32. That's it.

 

[BringTheReign]

I think he might potentially decline the offer imo if the accounts of him being super pissed is true

I feel like he'll realize it's more for the fans who never stopped loving him than for the management who made the decision to trade him, or at least I hope he would.