Confirmed with Link: MAF to Hawks

[x Tame Impala]

I’ll believe it when I see it. Hopefully he comes here and plays without a chip on his shoulder and bad attitude because having him here for a season would be a nice upgrade.

 

[Illinihockey]

can't he turn around later in summer and retire?

he could but that’d be a shitty thing to do and would probably kill his agent

 

[Putt Pirate]

Getting the reigning Vezina winner for free isn’t enough?

Somebody please appreciate MAF. I can’t think of another goalie in recent history with such a storied career who has been tossed out like trash by multiple teams now.

For a normal GM that would realize he is a 36yo GK on a team cap strapped where Stan SHOULD have a majority of the leverage.....fail.

 

[Illinihockey]

Yep. In which they lost a nothing player and opened a contract slot for free.

right but the Hawks aren’t going to make the trade without some assurances. Hence he could block the trade

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

 

[Toews2Bickell]

lol stan, if only scotty powers realized by now that stan is a day to day guy when it comes to running this team

 

[jaysoneil]

link/tweet?

 

[Brightwing]

Have Chris Kunitz give him a shout and tell him Chicago's not a bad place to play your final year.

 

[ozzzie19]

he could but that’d be a shitty thing to do and would probably kill his agent

As long as Allan Walsh would then post a picture of himself with a sword stuck through his back, then I'd be OK with the way the whole thing went down.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Crow was done....nothing left in the tank.

people said fleury was done before last season...

 

[x Tame Impala]

lol stan, if only scotty powers realized by now that stan is a day to day guy when it comes to running this team

Hawks went from having a lot of cap space and not needing a goalie to having some cap space and now needing a goalie. Different demands. We gave up nothing. I’m fine with it for 1 year or him.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Well this is a mess

 

[Cullksinikers]

If the Blackhawks gave Vegas a $7M get-out-of-jail-free card without getting permission from Fleury that he was willing to report, then Stan should be fired on the spot. If he was going to retire all along, it's absolutely brutal to not get assets. I'm waiting for the official details and decision from MAF, but in the event that happens, it's incredibly inexcusable to bail out the Knights.

 

[emeyezee]

What is even happening.... this is a ****show

 

[HockeySauce]

right but the Hawks aren’t going to make the trade without some assurances. Hence he could block the trade

If Vegas allowed every team to talk directly to Fleury to find out whether or not he'd actually play for them or retire, and he was deadset on retiring, there's 0 chance Vegas could move his contract. Vegas isn't under any obligation to inform CHI or any other team what MAF's intentions are. That's the risk the team taking him on takes. And why CHI should've gotten an asset back for helping Vegas out of a bind.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I get the family angle but this sucks

Makes me realize how it feels to be a Jet or Oiler fan having player reject us

 

[Toews2Bickell]

imagine the hawks not talking to MAF before making this deal given it gets vegas out of a 7m cap hit for nothing...

 

[Hinterland]

Well this is a mess

Boo. Like I told you guys weeks ago...he's pissed as f***. I'm against seasoned vets getting traded against their will. Fleury has said many times he doesn't wanna go anywhere. Dumb move by the Blackhawks. There's no return and they're now either stuck with an unmotivated Fleury or they forced him into retirement.

Either way a bad move.

This cup winner waived his friggen NMC to become the face of an expansion team. Blackhawks and Vegas should have shown more respect. Boo.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

imagine a world where stan decides not to qualify a top 9 forward so he can make a trade for a goalie that might retire on him lol...why does this guy still have a job

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Boo. Like I told you guys weeks ago...I'm against seasoned vets getting traded against their will. Fleury has said many times he doesn't wanna go anywhere. Dumb move by the Blackhawks. There's no return and they're now either stuck with an unmotivated Fleury or they forced him into retirement.

Either way a bad move.

Hawks are not the one's who look bad in this situation

He has a current valid NTC list that doesn't block Hawks so Hawks treated this like any other trade

This mess is bad look for Vegas not Hawks

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

 

[Toews2Bickell]

...more likely stan realizes this might be his last year as gm of this team and is going to do everything he can to make playoffs, especially with fans back in building and ticket sales to think about

 

[ozzzie19]

If the Blackhawks gave Vegas a $7M get-out-of-jail-free card without getting permission from Fleury that he was willing to report, then Stan should be fired on the spot. If he was going to retire all along, it's absolutely brutal to not get assets. I'm waiting for the official details and decision from MAF, but in the event that happens, it's incredibly inexcusable to bail out the Knights.

If he retires (in a timely fashion), then no skin off our back.

 

[HockeySauce]

I get the family angle but this sucks

Makes me realize how it feels to be a Jet or Oiler fan having player reject us

Lmao. Fleury isn't rejecting CHI. He's rejecting uprooting his family to go anywhere else. How is this similar to a Jets or Oilers fan, who have to deal with UFAs and players with no-trades not giving them a chance because of where they're located on a map?

 

[giza]

Like the expansion, there could be some future side deal attached to this.....