Talk:List of retired NHL players

How many hundreds of people would actually belong on this list? RickK 08:04, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)

From VfD

 * List of retired NHL players. In the 80 or so years that the NHL has existed, how many hundreds of people would fit on this list? RickK 08:06, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
 * Another entry for the [Wikipedia Book of Lists (see wikipedia talk:list) - Marshman 08:30, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
 * Many. So what? Wikipedia is not paper. We can have articles for every one of them. So a list to find them seems fine to me. -- JeLuF 08:59, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
 * Note also List of current NHL players. This is not a vote on either article. Onebyone 14:59, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
 * Although I would in principle be for merging the two lists, the result would be awfully long, so I guess I'll vote to keep. Andre Engels 16:29, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
 * Keep. Good category. Martin 17:33, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
 * Keep. Hockey fans might find this useful. -Nydigoveth 18:10, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
 * Delete. Useless pointless list. What next, Retired NFL players who have had heart attacks, Retired NFL players who have had 2 heart attacks, bin. FearÉIREANN 22:29, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
 * Keep. Should probably be split up by team or by decade at some point. - SimonP 23:05, Oct 25, 2003 (UTC)
 * Keep, excellent; relevant list. Separate alphabetically or maybe by country of origin, as it grows too large, some have played in multiple teams, and decades are too fuzzy and difficult to ascertain. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 02:20, Oct 26, 2003 (UTC)
 * Keep, could be useful Tuf-Kat 14:03, Oct 26, 2003 (UTC)
 * Keep. -- Jake 16:11, 27 Oct 2003 (UTC)
 * It could be merged with List of current NHL players and put in chronological order. In that way, the retired/current distinction becomes mute. mydogategodshat 08:58, 30 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Actual suggestions made in the above:
 * Separate alphabetically or maybe by country of origin, as it grows too large
 * It could be merged with List of current NHL players and put in chronological order

Peter Forsberg
peter forsberg is listed in both List of current NHL players AND List of retired NHL players. Which is it? He can't be in both. I think at his age, it is premature to officially call himself retired from the NHL. Many other stars, such as Jari Kurri have 'retired' for a year or two in other leagues only to return to the NHL. I am removing Forsberg's name off this list. From: Masterhatch

Discuss possible merger
There is a discussion about a possible merger of the player list pages here: Talk:List of NHL players. Masterhatch 16 August 2005