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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
No, people are dismissing him after years and years of playoff failures that often had a large part to do with his goaltending. There's no way I can believe in Fleury after watching him melt down in so many different playoffs. It's hard to erase that from our memory banks. I think there's a decent chunk of us that feel he's been overrated for a long time. One really good regular season does not erase the rest of his past history.
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Fleury is the definition of a reliable number one goaltender. He's very consistently put up 60+ starts, 35+ wins and a GAA better of .915. If his acquisition cost is low, he should be given serious consideration.
There are other goaltenders out there with more upside and no acquisition cost who may cost less in salary who you might find more desirable but to say that Fleury has had one good season and a history of playoff failure is way off the marc.