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Not The Best Of Times For Marc-Andre Fleury

07/24/2013 at 9:50am EDT

from Joe Starkey of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,

First, his team shunned him. Now, his country.

Could the entire world be next?

“The Olympic thing, I'm not going to make too much of,” said Penguins general manager Ray Shero, busy with Team USA and not inclined to opine on Team Canada, which invited five goalies not named Fleury to its tryout camp. “But if he takes something personal, good for him.”

Good for him, indeed. Maybe it's time Fleury got ticked off. It's time for him to take more ownership of his career and reclaim his lost reputation as a big-game goalie.

The Penguins are making the right move in retaining Fleury, for these reasons:

• He's still young (28) and highly productive in the regular season. This isn't exactly the golden age of goalies, you know. After Henrik Lundqvist, who has yet to play for a Cup, there aren't many goalies sporting lengthy resumes that scream, “franchise player!” At least you can pencil in Fleury for 35-plus wins.

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