{"id":35998,"date":"2025-07-31T22:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T22:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/35998\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T22:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T22:45:11","slug":"nhl-news-in-first-months-of-retirement-sidney-crosbys-iconic-teammate-marc-andre-fleury-snubs-blackhawks-in-latest-charity-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/35998\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL News: In first months of retirement, Sidney Crosby’s iconic teammate Marc-Andre Fleury snubs Blackhawks in latest charity venture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marc-Andre Fleury hasn\u2019t been retired from the NHL for over five months that he\u2019s seemingly already forgotten about one of the teams he played for. Needless to say, he didn\u2019t snub Sidney Crosby<\/a>\u2018s Pittsburgh Penguins from his latest venture. Was overlooking the Chicago Blackhawks on purpose or an honest mistake?<\/p>\n

Fleury has built a reputation around the NHL for being the ultimate prankster. Thus as he left out the Blackhawks<\/a> from his most recent entrepreneurship, fans can\u2019t help but wonder if it\u2019s a part of a mischievous plan.<\/p>\n

The former Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>, Vegas Golden Knights, and Minnesota Wild goaltender has recently launched a new campaign. Notice we left out the Blackhawks, that\u2019s only because Fleury did so first. <\/p>\n

Fancy a drink?<\/p>\n

\u201cMarc-Andre Fleury has launched a limited edition vodka from his hometown in Quebec\u2013featuring bottles for three teams he played on. All proceeds go to charity,\u201d @GinoHard_ posted on X.<\/p>\n

\"Goaltender<\/p>\n

Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Chicago Blackhawks defends the net against the Boston Bruins on March 15, 2022 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n

The bottles are customizable and come in three options, each nodding to Fleury\u2019s former teams: the Penguins, Golden Knights, and Wild. Notably absent is the Blackhawks, where he played 45 games during the 2020\u201321 NHL season.<\/p>\n

\"NHL<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

NHL News: Sidney Crosby\u2019s legendary teammate reportedly determined to take over Penguins\u2019 ownership amid turbulent years<\/p>\n

<\/a>Shutting the door on rumors<\/p>\n

While the unease in the Windy City won\u2019t simple fade away, it\u2019s safe to say Chicago has much bigger concerns around the upcoming season. Meanwhile, Fleury\u2019s collab might be the final nail in the coffin of the rumored return to the NHL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate several teams have knocked on the three-time Stanley Cup champion\u2019s door, only to be politely turned away by his agent. The vodka bottles commemorating Fleury\u2019s career seem to be strong evidence that his time as a professional goaltender may have truly come to an end.<\/p>\n

SurveyAfter Pittsburgh, where did Fleury play his best hockey of his career?<\/p>\n

After Pittsburgh, where did Fleury play his best hockey of his career?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou talked about the goalie market this year,\u201d Fleury\u2019s agent, Allan Walsh, admitted earlier in the offseason. \u201cFive teams calling and they were prepared to make serious offers on one-year deals to entice \u2018Flower\u2019 to their city.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marc-Andre Fleury hasn\u2019t been retired from the NHL for over five months that he\u2019s seemingly already forgotten about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,7520,575,4785,32666,85],"class_list":["post-35998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-nhl","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-sidney-crosby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}