On February 18 2020, the Ottawa Senators will retire the number of one of their greatest players, Chris Phillips.
Phillips was a career Ottawa Senator and their all-time leader in games played with 1179 during the regular season and 114 in the playoffs. He was a mainstay on Ottawa’s blueline for 17 seasons and an upstanding member of the community thanks to his numerous charitable contributions. Now his number 4 will forever hang in the rafters next to Daniel Alfredsson’s number 11.
While retiring Alfredsson’s number was a no brainer, he was Ottawa’s greatest player and a potential hall of famer, retiring Phillips number is a little more debatable.