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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
True, he struggled in the playoffs through the middle of his career with some exceptionally bad years (which killed his team's chances and his career playoff SV%) but last year was at a very good .927, and a respectable .915 before that.
If anything, there is a narrative here that Fleury was much worse than people thought but the most interesting part of it is that over the past few years he's become significantly better.
Now is probably the worst time to trot out a "Fleury is overrated" angle. Over the past few years he's actually living up to the rating he seemed to carry from those two great seasons that led to a Cup. He's been a good starter again for a few years now.
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Last year he had good numbers for sure, but he lost the series and goaltending battle to Lundqvist 4 games to 1.
The year before, when he was .915, he was looking spectacular and had the Pens up 3-1 against the Rangers. Then he completely self destructed and the Rangers came back and won the series in 7.
The Flames need a goalie whose play elevates in the playoffs, not the other way around. The Pens can keep MAF until he retires as far as I'm concerned.