2) Marc Andre Fleury. Imagine life without Fleury. The Hawks would have to deal with the likes of
Kevin Lankinen (who cant buy a win this season), and maybe Malcom Subban (who also has a hard time getting the W when he was a Hawk).
The Hawks would be in discussion with teams this year like Montreal, Phoenix and Buffalo. Oh wait, there are in discussions with those teams.
Marc Andre Fleury has done his best, and often has been brilliant in his starts. His numbers don't lie, as he is 14-16-3 in 29 games. His goals against is on the heavy side, especially for him, at 2.93. However, a stat that shows how well he plays is the save percentage. This is more of a goalie stat versus the goals allowed which is more of a team oriented statistic. It is currently at .908. What was his save percentage career wise before coming to the Hawks? .913. Not too far off really. Talk about consistency. He also has 3 shutouts this year. One of them coming in Montreal, where even the crowd has cheered on his accomplishments. Fleury won his 500th game that evening. Even a depressed Montreal crowd couldn't help but cheer him on for the win. It at least gave them something to cheer about.
It will be interesting to see if he end up on a contender. His 7 Million dollar contract could be a COG that would be hard to swallow though.
Teams like Washington and Colorado have been in the rumor mill.