Confirmed Trade: [CHI/VGK] Marc-Andre Fleury to Chicago for Mikael Hakkarainen

[JKG33]

I live in Dallas and watched PLENTY of Dallas Stars/Texas Stars games. I see you are grasping at straws here, it's ok.

So did you watch him in the Kings organization?

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

I hope MAF retires

 

[LeapOnOver]

Nobody is talking about whether Robin Lehner can handle full time duty? I like the guy but i don't think he can. An AHL backup is a bad choice for a guy who has never had the reigns before.

 

[IceNeophyte]

Yikes!

I guess VGK owners ticked about MAF not holding strong in the conference finals huh?

This is purely a cap space move. There were rumors of Panda to NJ, but that never materialized. They had to move one or the other, their lack of depth players this last season showed that. If no one wants to pay Panda 5 per, they have to let MAF go.

 

[rocketdan9]

Wow. I feel so bad for MAF… all the guys does is give everything and perform. Didn’t even get a trade call. They pulled the same stuff with Schmidt…. Would make me think twice before signing there

Vegas thinks they are bigger than anything

tbh even after this, they will have a lineup of players wanting to join their club/city. The glamour/glitz/world class facility etc. hard to resist

 

[inthe6ix]

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Vegas seems like a team that has no loyalty to it's players. I get it's a sport and there's no guarantees & all that but at some point it's gotta have a trickle down effect to attracting free agents.

 

[IceNeophyte]

I hope MAF retires

I hope MAF stays and leads Chicago deep into the playoffs. I love Flower and I want to see him advance his name farther up the all-time lists.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Who the heck is Mikael Hakkarainen?

That is Finnish meaning for "Nothing"

Literally just a guy who sucks in AHL and barely looked the part of an ECHL talent this past season

 

[Hockeyholic]

I have no idea what Chicago is doing lol. They are half assing their rebuild.

 

[Freedom]

Wow... I didn´t expect that.

No Flower to pittsburgh... They need goalie who will play 4-5 years for them. Actually, why the hell they traded Murray over Jarry... WHY?!?

 

[dukeofjive]

Jesus christ when people said this year off season was going to be crazy i don't think most of us would have imagined a trade like this.

It sucks for fleury to be treated this way, but i wish him all the best in chicago for this year, great player and a great person.

 

[rocketdan9]

Nobody is talking about whether Robin Lehner can handle full time duty? I like the guy but i don't think he can. An AHL backup is a bad choice for a guy who has never had the reigns before.

They will sign someone for cheap .... maybe Holtby? there are options

 

[JeffreyLFC]

I think Vegas might be the shittiest organisation toward their player/coach.

 

[AlexGretzchenvid]

I just drafted Hakkarainen in NHL 21 elite forward

 

[Dolemite]

While this frees up a huge amount in their cap (two goaltenders clogging up $12 million) the way the VGK went about it is as childish as you get. Like three year old childish. Notifying him by Twitter of the trade and not his Agent? Allan Walsh's slam of the VGK last season is more than likely the culprit here (Fleury should have fired his agent immediately after that). But then again, there's sometimes some other story behind the scenes that fuels these kinds of trades.

 

[GreatSaveLuongo]

Uh got a Vezina goalie for free lol... Hawks have to unload one of their young goalies now right? Probably Subban

 

[DesertPenguin]

No retention or contract going the other way? That's simply not possible for the Pens. I am disappointed, but I understand why they didn't out bid that. We can't afford to pay 10.5m total to our goalies, so we would have needed retention, or Pettersson or Jarry would have had to go the other way, or some combo.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Uh got a Vezina goalie for free lol... Hawks have to unload one of their young goalies now right? Probably Subban

We can just bury Subban in ECHL if need be or see if anyone else needs him for AHL goalie , etc as his cap hit is low and wont be on cap if he is sent down

Or we trade either him or Delia

We have a Euro set to play in Rockford with one of them that is only certainty

 

[Sinistril]

Nobody is talking about whether Robin Lehner can handle full time duty? I like the guy but i don't think he can. An AHL backup is a bad choice for a guy who has never had the reigns before.

That's why this is so surprising to me. I'm guessing Vegas regresses next season. Trading away a Vezina winner for peanuts has to be the worst trade of the offseason so far.

I hope Chi talks to MAF and convinces him not to retire. Would love to see him move up in the wins rankings.

 

[GreenLine]

I like that Chicago reloaded for one last shot at another cup with Toews and Kane. I don't think they'll win, but I like that they're going for it.

Fleury deserves better than Vegas anyways.

 

[strongcomp05]

why? its business

just because its business, dont mean you need to burn bridges and not communicate properly

 

[Sinistril]

I hope MAF stays and leads Chicago deep into the playoffs. I love Flower and I want to see him advance his name farther up the all-time lists.

If he leads a third team deep in the playoffs, will the doubters go away?

 

[Taylorst]

Vegas needed cap relief , Chicago has cap space and a need for a veteran goalie. What's being reported is MAF may retire if so chicago isn't penalized towards its cap and vegas won't be obligated to compensate chicago. Sounds like vegas was avoiding using the buyout .

 

[The List Of Jericho]

I don't get the argument.

Goalies in general are notoriously very up and down and Fleury is especially, several of his best seasons have been followed by absolute stinkers. At age 37 he's a risky addition.

My point remained though at least a player was involved. The reigning Vezina winner always has value lol