Former Penguin Marc-Andre Fleury addresses rumors of potential return to the NHL

After former Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury returned to the franchise that took him first overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft for one last exhibition game, there were many who wondered whether his competitive fires still burned enough to try and play one more year.

Fleury, who has not played in an NHL game since the September exhibition game for the Penguins against the divisional foe Columbus Blue Jackets in front of a sold out PPG Paints Arena, has been asked repeatedly about it.

Now, it looks as though he's putting any rumours of a potential return to bed - at least, mostly.

But Fleury did sound like he's leaving the door open to work for the Minnesota Wild, the team he had played with since being acquired at the 2022 trade deadline.

Last year with the Wild, which was his official last year in the NHL, he went 14-9-1 record with an .899 SV%.

Fleury's 575 career wins in the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vegas Golden Knights, Chicago Blackhawks and Wild rank second all time in NHL history for a goalie behind only his boyhood idol Martin Brodeur.

Fleury won three Stanley Cups in his career, all with the Penguins, and took the expansion Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Final in 2018, but fell three wins short.

His number 29 sweater number will almost certainly be retired by the Penguins at some point.

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