Fleury Back to Vegas?

[Phil]

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GM Kelly McCrimmon indicated on Monday that goaltender Robin Lehner has an “upper-body” injury, which sources say is a torn labrum in his shoulder that will eventually require surgery. Lehner underwent a procedure in the same shoulder in Oct. 2020. He may be able to battle through to finish this season, though that much is not certain.

 

Because of that uncertainty, McCrimmon and the Golden Knights have been working the phones to gauge the availability of goaltenders around the league.

 

And that’s where it gets juicy.

 

Team sources say the Golden Knights have expressed interest in a potential reunion with goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury.

 

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Vegas would need to make the money work. Fleury would likely be the most expensive goaltender available – though the Golden Knights could also move Lehner’s $5 million salary cap hit to LTIR to create room for a replacement, if needed. Fleury is a pending UFA in the final year of a three-year contract (signed in Vegas) with a $7 million cap charge.

 

https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/ice-breakers-golden-knights-expressed-interest-in-marc-andre-fleury-reunion/

[Karan]

After he was unceremoniously dumped by the team? Juicy indeed....

[Keirik]

I think it’s going to end up being Colorado with money retained. 

[Phil]

51 minutes ago, Karan said:

After he was unceremoniously dumped by the team? Juicy indeed....

 

Just amazing, really. WWE-like. Rip the heart out of the player and then bring them back later like nothing happened.

[Phil]

7 minutes ago, Keirik said:

I think it’s going to end up being Colorado with money retained. 

 

I don't, because it feels like they'll do that with their choice of Giroux or Pavelski. They project to have just over $1.6 million in cap space at the deadline. They're going to need every penny of that to make any kind of impact deal.

[Karan]