I love Valdy, but there is no reason that his number should be retired. Not sure if you haven't noticed, but it's never been used since. The Red Wings do have a few numbers that they just don't used. number 6 [[Aurie) , 16 [[Konstantinov). For some reason an old owner said that he was retiring number 6 for some reason, Illitch doesn't honor it in the rafters but they haven't issued it.