Will someone be able to convince Marc-Andre Fleury to play later in the season?
The Chris Johnston show: Chris Johnston When asked if it is possible that goalkeeper could consider Marc-Andre Fleury to return later this season. Teams are probably interested later in the season. Will the itch be there to return?
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Julian McKenzie: “Is Marc-Andre Fleury going to find his way on that list of available goaltenders next summer?”
Johnston: “Maybe on that. Like, I have to say, like, I am so, it was so cool what happened to him in Pittsburgh during the weekend.”
McKenzie: “I think so too, man. That was great. I know some people were crazy about it. I liked it.”
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Johnston: “And look, I even saw Marc said myself. Look, I have the feeling that I have said goodbye to everyone 17 times. As if he is even aware, to understand where some of that criticism could come from. But two things are going on there.
First of all, he is a unique player in history, in the kind of years around the NHL, as if he was really just a magnetic personality connected to people, and he spent so much time with the penguins, and was clearly part of the three teams who won the cup. So, so he is, he has one, he has an allure that lets work, right? It is a Saturday evening for a team for a team that could end 29, 30, 31, 32, wherever, and it is sold out because you come in a goalkeeper to play a third period of a pre -season match. I mean that … “
McKenzie: “Insane.”
Johnston: “It’s a bit, you know, I mean, it tells you something. But I think so too, and I heard what he said after the game, you know, Josh Yohe, our colleague, was there, and he says:” Oh, my hips are painful and I may not play. “
But I actually believe, because for the greater reasons why we come here, more teams will knock on his door as the season continues, especially perhaps if injuries or other situations sneak in. There is not much, as I have indicated, there are not many of their options.
I don’t know if he’s coming to one point where he is willing to say goodbye for an 18th or 19th or 20th time, whether he is willing to come back and do it all again. Because, you know, I think a lot of it, you know, he is a family man, and I know he bought a nice place in Minnesota, and his family really set up there after, you know, a lot of sent after leaving Pittsburgh, right? He was Vegas, Chicago, you know, went to Minnesota.
So, you know, it’s, I can understand where he is at a point where he, he has nothing left to prove, but the itch, the itch can be there. I mean, I will point to you, not let a goal in that previous season match on Saturday evening. Stopped all eight shots with which he was confronted in the operating period he had. And he was pretty good for The Wild last year. So, you know, also went to (inaudible), he played the world championship in May for Canada.
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Like, I think my point is, this is, there is not really doubt that he can play, and I think there are teams that need him. So can he be convinced to come back? That is the question that I don’t have an answer to, but I think someone will try it or or or or try several teams. “
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