His regular season numbers have been decisively meh and playoff performance a solid YIKES! for years. I think it's safe to say he will never be a difference maker in this league after 400+ games and a decade of being a regular starter.
We have just brought in two goalies with potential for next season and have a decent cheap backup with the right attitude in MacDonald. While Fleury would possibly (and I wouldn't bet any money on that) be an upgrade on MacDonald, at $5M per year I see that trade as having negative value for us, especially since the optics would be terrible; yet again we would be bringing in a veteran without even checking what we have in our prospects first.
If the Penguins would give us something for taking Fleury off their hands, then yeah maybe it would be worth considering. But I'm talking something like a 2nd-3rd round pick. Because that contract sucks.
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