Marc-Andre Fleury Appreciation Thread (Selected by Vegas in exchange for 2020 2nd)

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What a playoffs by this guy. Give him another year of this solid playoff goaltending and i'll believe he's a changed man! Our regular season MVP and playoff MVP!

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[Allie Kitsune]

I'm happy to see MAF finally have a Top 5 (at least in my opinion) season.

The guy has been a laughingstock ever since the rebound off of his face at the World Juniors, so I'm glad to see him FINALLY play like a mature professional.

 

[Til the End of Time]

why does he decide to play well now, when the cup window is closed?

 

[Canadian Game]

Fleury deserves a ton of appreciation for a great season. He had a excellent season and his numbers were very impressive at a time when the Penguins were injury riddled and relied heavily on a number of AHLers. Fleury stepped up and unfortunately I think it largely went unnoticed outside of Pensnation.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

I hated the signing, and would still be interested in exploring what would have happened had we gone with a cheap goalie and allotted more money to the forwards, but MAF was lights-out all year.

Kudos to him. One of the very few Penguins who can escape blame for this year's flameout.

 

[radapex]

why does he decide to play well now, when the cup window is closed?

Because the Pens finally got him what he needed - a real goalie coach and a sports psychologist.

 

[PensPlz]

He played amazingly for us this year, and even better in the playoffs. So sorry the offense couldn't show up, once again. But somehow, this is just going to turn into any other thread when someone mentions Fleury....

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Because the Pens finally got him what he needed - a real goalie coach and a sports psychologist.

Fleury had resisted sports psychology earlier. They basically had to force it on him.

 

[ColePens]

Best thread of the year. Guy deserves a million appreciations. Dead serious. MVP for the Pens. Stole us so many damn games this year and gave this worthless team a chance when they didn't deserve it.

 

[Mischa]

absolutely lights out this year. i hope he can keep it up.

 

[cheesedanish87]

I'l give him his props, he had a heck of a playoffs.

But give me a break with all this stuff i see on twitter about MAF deserving better.

Hes blown so many playoffs for the pens in the past, i don't feel bad for MAF at all.

 

[Will Hunting]

Excellent stuff by MAF. Not surprised though. I was predicting that after 30 gms in the regular season. Guy just looked so calm and matured, like never before. He made it look easy actually. It´s a shame that he wasn´t always playing like this, especially when we needed him the most. This was a massive effort by him but we all knew that it´s gonna be wasted by the rest of the team.

Reversed roles. He deserved better this time, the team deserved better from him before.. At the end, just wasted years with no Stanley Cups.. But yeah, such is life.

 

[displacedpensfan]

Mvp

I think he actually outplayed Hank in the series, and that's saying something. Pens 2014-15 MVP? Absolutely.

 

[Sideline]

Pass the crow over this way. He could not have done more for the team this year.

 

[ColePens]

There is not enough crow to eat. He proved everyone wrong. Even the believers had to have some doubt at some point.

 

[TNT87]

I figured he would perform average with the joke of a defense in front of him but he was outstanding and was for the regular season as well. It's a shame that he had to look up and see garbage like Scuderi and Lovejoy pretending to imitate NHL defensemen.

 

[GFF]

What a season from MAF. No need for an MVP thread. MAF got it all wrapped up.

 

[td_ice]

Best Pens player this season, regular and post.

 

[EVGENIMERLIN]

Standing ovation. Really happy for the guy and I hope he keeps it up.

 

[BigEezyE22]

I'l give him his props, he had a heck of a playoffs.

But give me a break with all this stuff i see on twitter about MAF deserving better.

Hes blown so many playoffs for the pens in the past, i don't feel bad for MAF at all.

2 playoffs. He's blown 2 playoffs.

 

[cheesedanish87]

2 playoffs. He's blown 2 playoffs.

That's very debatable

But i don't want to be posting anti MAF posts now.

He had a great playoff this year, good for him.

 

[Beau Knows]

He was great this year, earned that contract. And even if he blows it next year, that is a tradable contract.

 

[SidGenoMario]

There aren't many players from the 2003 draft I would rather have. <3

 

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Rational person: Fleury played extremely well and was basically the only reason an injury-depleted, poorly constructed team made the playoffs and gave the Rangers a hard time.

Far too many dummies: Yeah... He played well, but not well enough.

 

[systemsgo]

Team MVP.