I used to work at a grocery store as a kid, and would help Fleury and his wife out getting cuts of meat, grabbing bags of water softening salt, etc. Always chatted him up and got to know him. As brazen as he is with authority (and given his past, it's understandable), Theo is a really nice, no nonsense small town guy at heart. He would always talk to me about the Flames, hockey and random subjects and was really respectful and nice to our staff. I'd be fine seeing his number retired; and considering the past trauma he's been through, it would be nice to cut him some slack and hang it in the rafters.
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