Marc-Andre Fleury sat alone at the podium inside the Hall of Fame space at Rogers Place on Sunday early morning in Edmonton.
The news conference was held hours prior to the Golden Knights open the 2nd round of the playoffs versus Vancouver, however that game was the outermost thing from anybodys mind. Fleury was there to deal with a tweet by his longtime representative, Allan Walsh, that fired up controversy Saturday afternoon.
The tweet showed a doctored image of Fleury in net, with a sword skewered through his back, dripping with blood. And on the blade read the name of Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer. Walsh deleted the tweet minutes before the news conference at the demand of Fleury.
The Golden Knights acquired Robin Lehner in February, and the two goaltenders were splitting time equally up until the playoffs began. Now Lehner has actually begun 6 of the past 8 video games, and Fleury has actually plainly been pressed to a backup role.
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Granger: What Marc-Andre Fleury didnt say speaks as loudly as that tweet – The Athletic
