Elliotte Friedman is out with his latest 32 Thoughts column and the Sportsnet reporter had an interesting nugget about the Washington Capitals and its goaltending woes.
Friedman reports that the Capitals are kicking the tires on acquiring Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury ahead of the 2022 trade deadline.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals are in their second season experimenting with goaltenders Ilya Samsonov and Vitek Vanecek. While both goalies have shown flashes of brilliance, neither has taken the reigns and consistently proven they can be the team’s full-time starter during the regular season. The Capitals have few problems on its roster, but its goaltending is universally recognized as one of its weakest spots.
With March 21 rapidly approaching, veteran goaltenders that could be available ahead of the trade deadline are becoming more clear.
Thursday, The Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli shared on Sportsnet 650’s Halford & Brough in the Morning that future Hall of Famer Marc-Andre Fleury could be available via trade but there is a lot of nuance there.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Chicago goalie Marc-Andre Fleury has had a rough start to the season. After getting lit up for four goals in his first game, Fleury faced his former Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night — for about half a period.
MAF gave up four goals and caught the hook.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
Perhaps our last-ever excuse to use the sword picture: Vegas has traded Vezina-winning goalie and team institution Marc-Andre Fleury to the Chicago Blackhawks.
In exchange for Fleury, Chicago sends Vegas absolutely nothing (okay virtually nothing). It’s a blatant salary dump, and oh yeah MAF found out via Twitter, and now he’s probably gonna retire.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
Your preferred hockey team has probably already been eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still participate. Let’s all be sickos about the goalie drama with the Vegas Golden Knights.
After Marc-Andre Fleury‘s mondo goof-up in Game Three, it looks like Robin Lehner will start Game Four tonight.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
The second-round series between the Vegas Golden Knights and Vancouver Canucks does not begin until late Sunday night, but the drama begins right now. On Saturday afternoon, Marc-Andre Fleury‘s agent, Allan Walsh, shared on Twitter a photo of his client getting impaled by a sword.
The sword’s blade is inscribed with the name of Vegas coach Pete DeBoer, who had just announced that Robin Lehner would start in net for the Knights.
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
Marc-Andre Fleury has found a second life in Las Vegas since being selected in the expansion draft in 2017. The French-Canadian goalie has won 75 of his 124 starts in Sin City. The three-time Stanley Cup champion (all with the Penguins) also led the Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Final during their inaugural season in the NHL.
Tuesday, Fleury made perhaps the greatest save of his career against the Toronto Maple Leafs. You’ve probably seen it already, but if you haven’t, take a look.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
During the Flames-Knights game on Wednesday night a brawl broke out after Matthew Tkachuk skated into Marc-Andre Fleury, and we almost got a goalie fight.
Marc-Andre Fleury set his stick on the ice, but and shook his blocker, while having a stare-down with David Rittich.
But Rittich toed the (blue) line, and even though he looked ready to go, he didn’t cross it.
By Brennin Weiswerda 5 years ago
Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury saved 23 of 26 shots he faced in Washington’s 5-3 loss to Vegas. Fleury’s in-game performance was solid but unremarkable. It was just a satisfactory game that gave MAF his 15th win of the season.
But then, in the post-game celebration, Fleury went too far. As Flower embraced Nate Schmidt, the goalie mocked Evgeny Kuznetsov’s world-famous and universally beloved bird celly.
Absolutely despicable. Unspeakably vicious. Indescribably brutal.
By Peter Hassett 5 years ago
Marc-Andre Fleury will be be in the desert for a few more years. Fleury and the Vegas Golden Knights announced Friday a new three-year contract that will kick in after next season, when Fleury will be 34 years old.
By Peter Hassett 5 years ago
