The roadblocks to Fleury's number retirement unfortunately might never be lifted, much in the same way as notable exceptions from the Hall of Fame. if you've pissed off or burned bridges with the people who currently make decisions (e.g. selection committee), you're never getting in on their watch. and then by the time that group is gone, the one replacing it might not have followed your career so closely and have any contextual understanding of what you meant to the franchise and the sport. they'll just see your raw numbers (under 500 goals, just barely 1000 points) and figure your career was good but not special enough.
from the sounds of it, Theo doesn't get a banner as long as KK is at the helm and the memory of him lashing out after his comeback attempt are fresh. I just hope whoever is the next president/owner(s) will forgive his transgressions based on what happened to him, and just choose to remember how he electrified the dome for a whole decade.
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