Fleury not being honored is most of his fault; the Flames and the owners and even media bent over through the 90's to protect the team from his demons, as well as himself (look what happened as soon as he went unsupervised in NY). And he rewarded the Flames by holding the team to unrealistic salary expectations when push came to shove. That's fine, it was time for the Flames to move on as well.
His on ice skill and intensity was a bright light in some of the dreary mid to late 90's, and no questioning his ability on the ice.
His demons are unfortunate, something he'll always battle as he has to this stage...as mentioned above, all of what he's gone through has likely made him the hockey player he was, as an escape or an outlet.
However, I've heard numerous times that over the years he's asked the Flames outright when they were going to honor or retire his number....that's something that's not owed to anyone, it's an honor.
The Flames caved in, and give him further opportunity to come back and have one last goodbye. He made the most of it sure, but created unrealistic expectations. Instead of being honestly grateful, he publicly craps on the team and on Conroy months later, who he argued he would've been a better regular season roster choice based on those preseason stats.
Another display of how ungrateful he was for the opportunity, that no-one owed him, but the Flames gave him anyway, and it wasn't good enough, so it was once again he figured it was someone else trying to hold him down, someone else to blame, and, may as well, toss in tearing someone else down to build him up, for good measure.
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