MARC-ANDRE FLEURY - Goalie - 34 - $7MM Cap Hit - UFA in 2022-2023
LAST UPDATED 8/28/19
One of the last goalies to go first overall Marc-Andre Fleury has enjoyed an illustrious and well-celebrated career. He's won three Stanley Cups, and backstopped his team to five Cup Finals. He was a crucial leader and stabilizing force for the expansion Golden Knights, and without his heroics they don't reach the Cup Final. He's still a very strong goalie, but he's far from perfect. Let's start with the good. First off, Fleury just simply checks all the boxes you want from a starting goalie. He has size, athleticism, vision, and exceptional skating. He can be mistake prone with the puck, sure, but he's typically judicious about when he chooses to leave the crease and he's always one to own up to his mistakes. He can reliably post at the very least a .910/2.50/+5.00 goalie slash line, and as long as he's healthy he'll be in the top half of goalies in most of those statistical categories. That being said, Fleury isn't perfect. He can be inconsistent year-to-year, and he can struggle with durability. Additionally, Fleury picked up a bit of a reputation as a "choker" after he won his first cup in 2009 and although that reputation was largely dismissed after he won back-to-back cups in Pittsburgh, a Stanley Cup Final loss and the fact that he lost his job to a young goalie in Matt Murray means that he's not fully clean in the eyes of most superstitious NHL fans. That being said, that shouldn't have much bearing on his actual, professional on-ice value, and by all accounts Fleury is a first class teammate and an incredible human being. He's an above-average starting goalie with the upside to be a serious Vezina contender.
One of the last goalies to go first overall Marc-Andre Fleury has enjoyed an illustrious and well-celebrated career. He's won three Stanley Cups, and backstopped his team to five Cup Finals. He was a crucial leader and stabilizing force for the expansion Golden Knights, and without his heroics they don't reach the Cup Final. He's still a very strong goalie, but he's far from perfect. Let's start with the good. First off, Fleury just simply checks all the boxes you want from a starting goalie. He has size, athleticism, vision, and exceptional skating. He can be mistake prone with the puck, sure, but he's typically judicious about when he chooses to leave the crease and he's always one to own up to his mistakes. He can reliably post at the very least a .910/2.50/+5.00 goalie slash line, and as long as he's healthy he'll be in the top half of goalies in most of those statistical categories. That being said, Fleury isn't perfect. He can be inconsistent year-to-year, and he can struggle with durability. Additionally, Fleury picked up a bit of a reputation as a "choker" after he won his first cup in 2009 and although that reputation was largely dismissed after he won back-to-back cups in Pittsburgh, a Stanley Cup Final loss and the fact that he lost his job to a young goalie in Matt Murray means that he's not fully clean in the eyes of most superstitious NHL fans. That being said, that shouldn't have much bearing on his actual, professional on-ice value, and by all accounts Fleury is a first class teammate and an incredible human being. He's an above-average starting goalie with the upside to be a serious Vezina contender.
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