Maybe they interfere less with JR making the right moves. I feel like the team dictated so much of the stuff we hated after Shero left and when ownership meddles too much, it's never a good thing (Look at the Canucks right now for a prime example if anyone can't remember the Pens past).
I honestly think it would be better to give Murray the #1 job and get a back-up, let him know that he is the future and the team is going to tap him as the go to guy and get him a guy that will help him as his back-up. Bales also now focusing more on him as the #1 is going to be fantastic as well.
For Fleury, there's a handful of teams that Fleury can go to and steal the job, I mean I get it, he's 32 and he's a guy that is more than well accomplished so he really shouldn't have to earn it at all I think. But I definitely think there is a market there that we aren't looking at.
Anaheim? I think Andersen only got moved because of the term he wanted which would mean he was the #1 for the future instead of Gibson, I think Fleury would be good there to push Gibson while being a very good safety blanket. I don't know if they are a team that will want to go after Johnson or Reimer and fall into a situation where Gibson isn't ready and the other two can't handle the load.
Buffalo? Fleury has a familiar face there in Bylsma also are the Sabres sold on Lehner? The guy seems to be injury prone and they definitely need a good back up solution, it's never good to be a ****** team with a stud player like Eichel and trying to lure guys like Vesey. You need to build a winner and he could be a target there, Murray could quietly be looking for a Plan B that could be a very good Plan A if need be. Sabres have a wealth of young talent that they can move and still be fine. Lehner is 25 in July, has never played more than 40 games since 2009-10 in the OHL.
If Dallas is an option, it has to be for Niemi and not Lehtonen that the Stars would have to dump off, Fleury can out duel Lehtonen easily (as well as Niemi) but with a cap hit of 4.5m/yr for another year after this, Niemi is the one I would want as a cap dump as it doesn't destroy the Pens cap situation with him there. Ideally, I'd want neither coming back and if the Stars can eat even 1m of that contract per year, that'd be ideal, the only enticing thing about the Stars as a trade option is the potential to get Nuke, that kid would be incredible on Malkin's wing, Geno might even have a little hop in his stride with a fellow countryman beside him. Although then that leaves Kunitz as Sid's LW again, barf. But if the deal was Fleury for Nuke + Niemi (up to 1m retained), I think I would take it.
