Marc-Andre Fleury Makes His Stance on Unretirement Calls Crystal Clear
Former goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury’s NHL career may be over with his final game being played at the end of last season, but not every team has seemingly accepted it.
The 40-year-old officially retired in early May following the 2024–25 season, which ended with a playoff loss to Vegas and a brief international stint with Team Canada at the IIHF World Championship.
According to Fleury's longtime agent, Allan Walsh, five teams called on July 1 to see if Fleury would consider coming out of retirement. Walsh revealed those calls while appearing on a podcast from SDPN.
“July 1, I got called by five teams asking if there was any way Marc-Andre Fleury would un-retire,” Walsh said.
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Walsh added that the teams were serious about signing Fleury, so much so that they were willing to offer one-year deals to the agent on the spot in order to convince the goalie to return.
“You talked about the goalie market this year,” Walsh said. “Five teams calling and they were prepared to make serious offers on one-year deals to entice Fleury to their city.”
Despite completing last season with a .899 save percentage and 2.93 goals-against average manning the Minnesota Wild's net, Fleury is still viewed as a viable option in a market starved for goaltending depth.
Even then, the future Hockey Hall of Famer has made his stance clear and remains firm in his decision, as relayed by his agent during the same podcast.
“Well, he’s made it pretty clear for now that he has no intention to play next year,” Walsh said.
Fleury finished his 21-year NHL run by appearing in 1,051 regular-season games and winning 575 of them, the second-most in league history.
The netminder went on to win three Stanley Cup championships in 2009, 2016, and 2017, all of them with the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he started his career. After that, he spent the remainder of his career with the Vegas Golden Knights, the Chicago Blackhawks, and the Wild.
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