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Originally Posted by punkwax
Not necessarily.. Lamoriello doesn’t like jersey numbers higher than 30. He’ll allow it if a player with NHL experience comes into their organization sporting a higher number, and in NYI’s case, Casey Cizikas already did that wearing 53. Bo would’ve worn 35 (his preferred #) but I guess Lou said, “sorry kid.”
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From that article you linked:
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The 77-year-old shed some light on the thinking behind his approach, explaining, for example, why he prefers players choose small jersey numbers — a quintessential old-school team rule:
Lamoriello: I still believe in tradition, however players who join our organization with an established number are allowed to continue wearing that number when they arrive. It’s not the number that makes the player, it’s the player that makes the number.
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Just mentions "established number", not "NHL experience".
What does NHL experience even mean exactly? Bo's played 600+ games and this is his 9th season.