What do you think will happen with Fleury?

[HandshakeLine]

INAL, if your team terminates your contract I think you are free to negotiate another one for whatever terms elsewhere.

 

[Pancakes]

I think he'll play for Chicago ultimately. No way he's ready to retire after a Vezina season and if it's Chicago or bust he'll suck it up and play.

If the Pens went aggressively after him I'm sure he'd love that but I don't know if I see it happening with his cap hit.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Chicago paid nothing to get him, more or less. They'll happily let him retire than to trade him to the Pens at 50% retained, imo.

He'll either play for the Hawks or hang 'em up because he doesn't want to uproot his family again. I don't think Fleury is anything close to realistic for the Pens, as much as the Yohes of the world want to wish it into being.

 

[Pancakes]

Chicago paid nothing to get him, more or less. They'll happily let him retire than to trade him to the Pens at 50% retained, imo.

He'll either play for the Hawks or hang 'em up because he doesn't want to uproot his family again. I don't think Fleury is anything close to realistic for the Pens, as much as the Yohes of the world want to wish it into being.

I think the telling thing here is Chicago got him for basically nothing. If the Pens were willing to do that then Vegas would have just sent him there instead as a favor to him.

The Pens weren't willing, and here we are.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I think the telling thing here is Chicago got him for basically nothing. If the Pens were willing to do that then Vegas would have just sent him there instead as a favor to him.

The Pens weren't willing, and here we are.

I don't think it was anything about willing. We can't fit a $7 million AAV goalie in without dumping pretty substantial cap.

If we'd dumped Petts in addition to losing McCann and Tanev's cap hit, that would've signaled they were interested in making a splash, imo.

 

[Pancakes]

I don't think it was anything about willing. We can't fit a $7 million AAV goalie in without dumping pretty substantial cap.

If we'd dumped Petts in addition to losing McCann and Tanev's cap hit, that would've signaled they were interested in making a splash, imo.

Yeah I am sure cap space was the factor or he'd be here

 

[Malkinstheman]

The entire goalie market dried up today. So I think Fleury's main options are retirement/Pens/Hawks

 

[Andy99]

The entire goalie market dried up today. So I think Fleury's main options are retirement/Pens/Hawks

why does everyone think the Hawks are interested in trading him to the Pens? They specifically said they traded for him to play for them…additionally, why does everyone think if he decides to play that MAF is going to issue some ultimatum to Chicago saying he’ll only play if he gets to play for the Pens?…this line of thinking by Pens fans is very presumptuous

 

[Malkinstheman]

why does everyone think the Hawks are interested in trading him to the Pens? They specifically said they traded for him to play for them…additionally, why does everyone think if he decides to play that MAF is going to issue some ultimatum to Chicago saying he’ll only play if he gets to play for the Pens?…this line of thinking by Pens fans is very presumptuous

I forget how it works but if Fleury retires, I think Chicago has to eat his entire cap. Its in their best interest to get rid of Fleury if he's not gonna report. They also traded absolutely nothing for Fleury and could potentially get something back from the Pens.

 

[Empoleon8771]

why does everyone think the Hawks are interested in trading him to the Pens? They specifically said they traded for him to play for them…additionally, why does everyone think if he decides to play that MAF is going to issue some ultimatum to Chicago saying he’ll only play if he gets to play for the Pens?…this line of thinking by Pens fans is very presumptuous

Because Fleury's not going to play for the Hawks.

They traded for him so he would play for them...and apparently Fleury wants nothing to do with them.

 

[Andy99]

I forget how it works but if Fleury retires, I think Chicago has to eat his entire cap. Its in their best interest to get rid of Fleury if he's not gonna report. They also traded absolutely nothing for Fleury and could potentially get something back from the Pens.

I thought it was Vegas who would be stuck with the bill if he retires…

 

[Ignatius]

50/50 chance he ends up back in Pittsburgh or retires, end of story.

I hope he ends up back in Pittsburgh because there is no way he can crap the bed worse than Jarry did in the first round during the most recent playoffs.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

50/50 chance he ends up back in Pittsburgh or retires, end of story.

I hope he ends up back in Pittsburgh because there is no way he can crap the bed worse than Jarry did in the first round during the most recent playoffs.

2012 Fleury says hold my beer.

Though that whole Flyers series was a shitshow of embarrassment.

 

[HuskerTornado]

He isn't retiring. He'll either eventually report or force Chicago to trade him.

A lot of goalies are coming off free agency and trade blocks, so the Pens' options, and affordable options, are getting scarce. So this is starting to look like an actual possibility.

Chicago got him for essentially nothing, so it won't be hard for them to let him go.

 

[Hobodrifter]

2012 Fleury says hold my beer.

Though that whole Flyers series was a shitshow of embarrassment.

That isn't gonna happen again. He's not that guy anymore. Dude deserved the blame he got those years, but we should be honest enough now to admit that he's not that same goalie.

 

[metalan2]

Plays for someone else.

Man, it’s already been fun watching the cultists lose their minds thinking he’s returning.

It's psychosis on another level. Try seeing them in a mark Madden thread on Twitter or any other yinzer pundit. It's remarkable.

 

[metalan2]

No chance he retires. Flower in his prime now. Please stay far away however.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Dare I say he gets traded to Ottawa and Murray gets bought out...

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

That isn't gonna happen again. He's not that guy anymore. Dude deserved the blame he got those years, but we should be honest enough now to admit that he's not that same goalie.

 

[Night Shift]

I could see those mistakes happening again here

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

2012 Fleury says hold my beer.

Though that whole Flyers series was a shitshow of embarrassment.

That isn't gonna happen again. He's not that guy anymore. Dude deserved the blame he got those years, but we should be honest enough now to admit that he's not that same goalie.

Riiiight.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I could see those mistakes happening again here

You’d think he’d know by now to stay in the f***ing net.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

I could see those mistakes happening again here

MAF is who he is at this point in his career.

He’s always going to flake out. He has literally only held it together for one playoff run in his career.

He is by all accounts a really good dude, but that doesn’t change the reality of him always being a ticking time bomb.

I honestly don’t care if he’s brought back if it makes a lot of ppl happy, but let’s not pretend like he is the answer for one final late career cup run with this core.

 

[Ignatius]

2012 Fleury says hold my beer.

Though that whole Flyers series was a shitshow of embarrassment.

I was thinking about those things and still I have far more confidence in Marc. VGK didn't lose because of goaltending, they lost because they could not score. In 2012 we lost because Bylsma's "defense" hung MAF out to dry.

Jarry is just not there yet and CDS can't carry the load, few options remain and frankly getting a Vezina winner that 99% probably wants to play here and only here is what may turn it into a reality.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

2012 Fleury says hold my beer.

Though that whole Flyers series was a shitshow of embarrassment.

You guys really need to get over shit that happened a decade ago.

When next post-season starts, 2012 will literally be 10 years in the past.

You need to let it go.