from Sean Gentille of The Sporting News,

The questions came after a game that didn't count. And really, does anything count less than a scrimmage on the first day of training camp?

Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury had to answer them, though; when you whiff on the first three pucks you publicly face after your second consecutive playoff car crash, what else could happen? That's how memories work.

So, there Fleury sat in his end locker at Consol Energy Center, as he did in the spring, talking quietly to media members about what, exactly, is so difficult about being the goaltender for the Penguins.

Do you think you'll start on Oct. 4 against the New Jersey Devils, when the games actually begin to matter?

"I've worked hard, and I hope so," Fleury said. "I love to play, I love the game and I hope I can be in there, play good and give the guys a chance to win some games."

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