It is the highest honor that a team can bestow upon a player.
Only the best of the best can get their number retired by a sports franchise and in the case of the New Jersey Devils, only four players can say that their numbers have been raised to the rafters at the Prudential Center.
That is until next Saturday.
On Saturday night Feb. 24, former Devils center Patrik Elias will become the fifth player in franchise history to have his number retired when No. 26 heads to the rafters at “The Rock” before the Devils take on the Islanders.