Posts Tagged Fleury
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Marc-Andre Fleury: Tale of Two Seasons for Pittsburgh Penguins Franchise Goalie
The Penguins currently rank third in the NHL in goals allowed (1.9 per game), they have the best penalty-killing unit in the league at 97.3-percent effectiveness, and they've lost 12 man-games to injury from their three best defensemen.The team can score, but it's their ability to prevent goals that...
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Pittsburgh Penguins: Will Marc-Andre Fleury Determine Playoff Fate?
Sidney Crosby's future for this season is a waiting game. Whether or not he will come back will be meaningless if Penguin's goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury doesn't show up. He has been fantastic this season posting a 35-20 record with a 2.31 goals against average. He is saving 92 percent of the shots h...
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Marc-Andre Fleury: 8 Things We’ve Learned About the Pittsburgh Penguins Goalie
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is playing some of the best hockey of his professional career, and was recently rewarded with the team MVP award for his surgical performances lasting a good portion of the season.Looking back at Fleury's tenure with the Pens, it wasn't always blooming se...
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Pittsburgh Penguins: Why Marc-Andre Fleury Should Win the Hart Trophy
As I'm writing this, the Pittsburgh Penguins have 98 points and are two points behind the Philadelphia Flyers for the top seed in the Eastern Conference, with a crucial matchup between the two teams on Tuesday night.What is remarkable to think is that the Penguins are still in this position followin...
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Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury Proving Critics, Doubters Wrong
Marc-Andre Fleury and the Pittsburgh Penguins goaltending has been by far the No. 1 topic for the team this year. Fleury and the Penguins had a disappointing second-round elimination in the 2009-2010 Stanley Cup playoffs via the Montreal Canadians. In that series, Fleury was not at his best t...
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Pittsburgh Penguins: Marc-Andre Fleury Finding Redemption after Slow Start
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury saw better days after the stunning Game 7 loss against the Montreal Canadiens in the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs, an upsetting cap on an overall mediocre season. Fleury seemed to pick up where he left off at the start of the next season. Very average play, ...
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Kris Letang, Marc-Andre Fleury? Will the Real NHL All-Star Teams Please Stand Up
In the immortal words of Homer Simpson, "When will people learn? Democracy doesn't work!" While democracy works better than any other system humans have cobbled together to form governments, it's a miserable way to pick an NHL All-Star team.The NHL first gave the vote to the fans in 1985 and th...
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What Is Wrong with Pittsburgh Penguins Marc-André Fleury?
Just what is going on with "Flower"? Marc-André Fleury is one of the more divisive players in the NHL today. Divisive not because of his personality or attitude, but because of his play. Fleury has never been a stats guy. He has not posted stellar save percentages. He ...
