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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Not that ridiculous. Nilsson was a floater and disinterested much of his time on the ice, but when he was engaged he was the best player on the planet. Gretzky said as much about the universe he was playing in. Fleury was a good player, but there is a reason losing followed him around. People hated playing with Fleury because he was a terrible person and that affected his teams. There's a reason why the Flames haven't moved on Fleury's number retirement. They knew what poor character he had and it was only a matter of time before he would let that show and be an embarrassment to the club. His play was exceptional, but so was his character. Just at opposite ends of the spectrum.
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There are plenty of players with massive talent that never make it, Nilsson wouldn't survive 3 seasons in todays NHL, Fleury was a great talent but his career ended with a broken brain.
Flames/Sutter talked the league into allowing Fleury his pension, that's enough, start using #14 again and put this to bed.