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Originally Posted by Stay Golden
Really so what is argument about Roy with the Av's and Montreal and Lindsay with the Redwings. Legends that had a string of off ice incidents. You can go team by team and find some of their greatest players that were no angels away from the game as you put it..."they must be a great individual off the ice and be a great ambassador for the game, the team and be an upstanding person".
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Those decisions are made by the teams that retired the players, not by those who own and control the Calgary Flames. What happened with those particular players is irrelevant to the discussion of the Calgary Flames. The Flames have made it very clear they are building this team through quality character and quality people. See the non-drafting of Skinkaruk. The honors they bestow on past players will reflect the same belief.
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#14 should by up there period and the small amount of Fans and and some members of the Flames ownership and brass that disagree have a vendetta against Fleury.
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A vendetta? You're making an accusation that there are a group of people that are conspiring against Fleury and depriving him of something rightfully his. What you are forgetting is that the honor is bestowed by the team, and by the owners of that team, not by anyone else. If there is a vendetta against Fleury, and I don't believe there is, it is one of the player's making, based on his behaviors toward the team and owners.
You're going to have to accept the fact that the honor of number retirement is decided by the ownership of the team and all the foot stamping and kicking and screaming, by a very small group of fans of the hockey club, will have little bearing on their decision. They have more insight into what Fleury meant to team, on and off the ice, than the fans do and they will make the right decision for their team. Whatever the outcome is, there are going to be some upset people.