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Originally Posted by Beatle17
A few questions for those supporting Fleury's number retirement, which I am not one. In watching his movie why do you think he wasn't allowed in either Madison Square Garden or Chicago Stadium? Why do people connected to Fleury, the mother of his first son Josh and Brian Sutter directly contradict him about his statement about making amends? Why does he not have a relationship with his brother that he was in the cement business with (which went broke)? Why does the wife of his sponsor (who died before Theo could apologize for another of his rants) not really forgive him for his actions either?
Maybe it's because he really hasn't changed, or fixed his life since his playing days. To me all his numbers don't mean a thing if he is still an ass to the people who make the decisions.
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For me, the decision has little to do with his off-ice activity. I'm interested in judging his on-ice accomplishments.
For those people who are trying to decide if and how much his off-ice troubles tarnish his retirement prospects, in fairness then we should also then be asking the converse: How mediocre a hockey player can you be and still get your number retired because you're an amazing samaritan off the ice?
I don't see anyone lobbying the case for a middling / average player to get their number retired because they worked tirelessly with charities. It's unfair and hypocritical to use off-ice elements only in the negative. Therefore, I think it's unfair to bring Theo's off-ice troubles into the discussion of whether he should have his number retired.