Where things stand between Marc-Andre Fleury, Blackhawks
Where things stand between Fleury, Blackhawks originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
Marc-Andre Fleury has been around the NHL long enough to know this is around the time where trade rumors start to ramp up. We’re almost a month out from the March 21 deadline and most teams have a pretty good idea at this point whether they’ll be buyers or sellers.
“It’s part of the game, right?” Fleury said on Wednesday. “I feel like every trade deadline season you always hear a lot, especially guys whose deals are coming up to an end.”
Fleury’s name is certainly going to be a hot one between now and then, given his contract status and Chicago’s position in the standings. In fact, the speculation has already begun.
On Tuesday, Frank Seravalli of the Daily Faceoff reported the Vegas Golden Knights “have expressed interest in a potential reunion” with Fleury after starting goaltender Robin Lehner went down with an upper-body injury. GM Kelly McCrimmon quickly shot down the report, saying: “There is absolutely no credence to that rumor at all.”
Obviously, Fleury heard about it, but he wasn’t about to elaborate on specific trade scenarios.
“I don’t have social media so I don’t see everything but people tell me about it,” Fleury said. “I’ve just got to not worry too much about it, right? Play the games here and try to win games here. We’ll see what happens.”
Fleury did, however, provide a little bit of a glimpse of what he might be thinking ahead of the deadline in the big picture. While he has a modified no-trade clause — a 10-team no-trade list — it’s believed the Blackhawks won’t move Fleury unless he wants to be moved. And even if that may turn out to be the case, the Blackhawks aren’t going to trade him somewhere he doesn’t want to go.
Fleury was careful not to go too deep down this road, but he did acknowledge he would only want to play for a legitimate Stanley Cup contender if he were to be traded.
“If — IF — I move, I would love a chance to win,” Fleury…
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