Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the Jeff Marek Present on Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and will the Wild find yourself transferring him. Would Fleury even wish to be traded?
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Marek: “Hey Marc-Andre Fleury. Marc-Andre Fleury lastly surpasses Patrick Roy for second all-time and wins and is at 552 and he’s kissing cross bars and he’s smiling and the household after which the entire deal was simply lovely.
They beat the Islanders 5-0. There have been quite a lot of shout out yesterday across the NHL.
Do you simply have a fast thought on Marc-Andre Fleury? And is that this actually going to be it? Like, it’s not as if Marc-Andre Fleury’s on the market embarrassing himself. This man can nonetheless very a lot play. We all know what the goalie market is like proper now. Everyone’s in search of a goaltender. There’s one who’s on an expiring deal. Thought’s on Marc-Andre Fleury.
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Friedman: “Effectively, I believe so long as Minnesota, like in case you take heed to Invoice Guerin , they’re not given up on their season but, proper? So, to me, the primary query is, when does Minnesota get to some extent the place they are saying, ‘we don’t want Marc-Andre Fleury as a result of we’re not competing this yr?’
In order that’s the very first thing that has to occur is, do the Wild get to a spot the place they are saying, ‘Okay, we’re pulling the shute on this yr.’ They usually may get to it quickly, however they’re not there now. In order that’s the primary query I ask.
You already know, quantity two, I don’t know, I don’t understand how Fleury would really feel about it. Prefer it took. It took a bit of labor final time when he bought traded from Chicago to Minnesota. Regardless that it turned out nice for him Jeff, initially he didn’t wish to go.
So I really feel, wish to me, that’s the largest query. Does Fleury come to a spot the place he says, much more what Minnesota does, it’s what Fleury feels. And so far, you realize, we don’t know that he’s agreed to something.
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And I completely assume there can be curiosity if he did. He’s proven that he’s an excellent teammate with Minnesota and Chicago within the final little bit. However I believe that it comes right down to him. And so far as I do know, he hasn’t given any indication but, that he’s prepared to even think about it. So till that occurs, we are able to’t actually look into it.
