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Originally Posted by Arya Stark
Fleury spoke to Bettman and got reinstated before trying out for the Flames so I don't think the Flames helped him at all other than giving him a shot. There were other teams interested.
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He got reinstated just before Flames camp (Sept 10 2009, according to google) And I think you'd be fooling yourself given that timing, thinking the Flames didn't ask Bettman for a favour in that regard and moving that decision along in the weeks before that.
With (supposed) said interest from other teams, and then given his "historic" exhibition shooutout winner, if there was legit interest elsewhere after he got cut, he (as any player who would've been offered a roster spot somehwere else) would've taken it. Bottom line, the Flames stepped up to help him get back in the league, and the benefits that afforded Theo and Theo alone. The exhibition games were the cherry on top.
Good for him to retire on his own terms and as an active player, but don't discount the Flames required assistance in making it all happen as it did.