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

[Pharrell Williams]

@malkin71_: "sad day ((("

 

[ncm7772]

We've all said this before, but I'll say it again: Thank you or everything, Marc-Andre.

 

[UnderratedBrooks44]

Friggin weird seeing him pop on stage with the jersey on. I think he was awestruck himself. Ah well.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

Even though it's the right thing to do and everyone knew it was coming, it still hurt to see him in that ugly jersey. Damn. Maybe he can retire as a backup here or something.

 

[orby]

I shed a little tear. End of an era for sure. Best wishes to Flower.

 

[Konstantin Koltsov]

Friggin weird seeing him pop on stage with the jersey on. I think he was awestruck himself. Ah well.

It was surreal. I thought I was ready for it but I was still a little stunned.

 

[Snooki Stackhouse]

Yeah that was tough. He was the main guy through a few really awful years. The first piece of a perennial contender. I remember when he came in and I was still in high school. So much has happened in my life since and obviously a lot happened for the organization. He's part of that legacy of saving the team from moving for sure. What a pillar of this community.

 

[Pharrell Williams]

do i buy a fleury golden knights home or away jersey

 

[Rectify]

Very weird to see. Going to miss you MAF, but this was a necessary evil.

 

[Ugene Magic]

do i buy a fleury golden knights home or away jersey

Neither.

Buy a shirsey.

 

[Nakawick]

That was,..sad to see honestly. MAF in a Vegas jersey. God speed Marc Andre.

 

[Pens x]

Good luck MAF. Thanks for trying your best.


I don't think McPhee did a great job with the draft, at least not in the short term. Hopefully MAF can find his way back to a contender.

 

[BrookswasHere44]

do i buy a fleury golden knights home or away jersey

I'll probably get a player t-shirt just for the heck of it. Whenever they are available

 

[shureshot66]

So was anyone else here at the 2003-04 home opener? I was. They gave away this true collector's item T-shirt (bonus points if you can identify every player) with Fleury hastily added on the side.

They played the Kings. Craig Patrick's regime threw Fleury out there as an 18-year-old with this blueline in front of him:

Nolan Baumgartner
Drake Berehowsky
Dan Focht
Josef Melichar
Brooks Orpik
Dick Tarnstrom

He faced 48 shots and stopped 46 of them. He stopped a penalty shot. The Penguins did not score.

 

[Rectify]

I have that gem somewhere... probably next to the glow in the dark xfarce one.

 

[Hockeyholic]

MAF is going from the penthouse to the outhouse. That is a horrific looking roster.

 

[Brandinho]

So was anyone else here at the 2003-04 home opener? I was. They gave away this true collector's item T-shirt (bonus points if you can identify every player) with Fleury hastily added on the side.

They played the Kings. Craig Patrick's regime threw Fleury out there as an 18-year-old with this blueline in front of him:

Nolan Baumgartner
Drake Berehowsky
Dan Focht
Josef Melichar
Brooks Orpik
Dick Tarnstrom

He faced 48 shots and stopped 46 of them. He stopped a penalty shot. The Penguins did not score.

Oh man, I'm having flashbacks to some of the discussions about those players. On my deathbed, I will look back on the time I spent discussing Drake Berehowsky and yank the plug myself.

 

[UnderratedBrooks44]

So was anyone else here at the 2003-04 home opener? I was. They gave away this true collector's item T-shirt (bonus points if you can identify every player) with Fleury hastily added on the side.

They played the Kings. Craig Patrick's regime threw Fleury out there as an 18-year-old with this blueline in front of him:

Nolan Baumgartner
Drake Berehowsky
Dan Focht
Josef Melichar
Brooks Orpik
Dick Tarnstrom

He faced 48 shots and stopped 46 of them. He stopped a penalty shot. The Penguins did not score.

Still have it in my "wear to bed or under equipment" drawer.

 

[ncm7772]

So was anyone else here at the 2003-04 home opener? I was. They gave away this true collector's item T-shirt (bonus points if you can identify every player) with Fleury hastily added on the side.

They played the Kings. Craig Patrick's regime threw Fleury out there as an 18-year-old with this blueline in front of him:

Nolan Baumgartner
Drake Berehowsky
Dan Focht
Josef Melichar
Brooks Orpik
Dick Tarnstrom

He faced 48 shots and stopped 46 of them. He stopped a penalty shot. The Penguins did not score.

Oh man, that shirt is a riot! And that blue line HORRIFIC!!

 

[td_ice]

I have that gem somewhere... probably next to the glow in the dark xfarce one.

I had the glow in the dark one. I think it lasted 3 years before it fell apart.

 

[Lara Emily]

do i buy a fleury golden knights home or away jersey

Neither...

Those things are wretched

 

[Pharrell Williams]

Neither...

Those things are wretched

what's your point

 

[clefty]

L-R: Fleury, Guillaume Lefebvre, Matt Bradley, Ramzi Abid, Orpik, Rico Fata.

I mean, even by the standards of the time, why the **** is Lefebvre there? Like, you couldn't have Kraft or Surovy? They sucked as well, but at least there was a shred of pedigree there.

 

[Rectify]

I know Bradley is one. Abid, Beech, MAF, Kraft? Fata?

Whoops, I forgot pecks.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

It's going to be like Fleury's rookie season all over again. I really hope one of 2 things happen. #1: He gets traded to someone better at the deadline. #2 He ends up back in Pittsburgh after his contract is over as either Murray's backup or in the front office.