That's how I felt when we got the influx of Utica players. I knew Labate by number but that was it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Hard watching the Preds now because all their bearded Europeans look the same to me.
I know I was disappointed when Stecher was called up and donned the #51. After wearing hockey numbers in Utica and UND I had taken him for a purist. Wrongly it seems.
Just get rid of the damned numbers then and stick with names imo.