{"id":438968,"date":"2026-01-26T17:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/438968\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:45:07","slug":"marc-andre-fleury-on-coming-out-of-nhl-retirement-probably-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/438968\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc-Andre Fleury on coming out of NHL retirement: \u2018Probably not\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">While there has been interest in veteran goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/marc-andre-fleury\/8470594\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/marc-andre-fleury\/8470594\" target=\"_blank\">Marc-Andre Fleury<\/a>, it appears the 41-year-old is set to remain retired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fleury told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6997270\/2026\/01\/26\/wild-fleury-unretire-goalie-fanduel-foligno\/?source=emp_shared_article\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6997270\/2026\/01\/26\/wild-fleury-unretire-goalie-fanduel-foligno\/?source=emp_shared_article\">Michael Russo of The Athletic<\/a> on Saturday that a return to play is unlikely as the deadline to sign to be playoff eligible looms on March 6. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cProbably not,\u201d Fleury said of making a comeback. \u201cA couple teams asked. But I just said, \u2018No.\u2019 It\u2019s tough for some reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fleury retired after last season, posting a 14-9-1 record with an .899 save percentage and 2.93 goals-against average in 26 games with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/minnesota-wild\/30\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/minnesota-wild\/30\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Wild<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He has remained around the Wild, skating with the team at times this season, but it appears his next job could in the front office under general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/bill-guerin\/8456464\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/bill-guerin\/8456464\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Guerin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cBilly said come whenever,\u201d Fleury said. \u201cI get to meet the scouts, player development, the coaches. It\u2019s good to see that side of the business, right? Then maybe next season I can fit somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wild insider: As teams continue to check in, could we see Marc-Andr\u00e9 Fleury unretire? <\/p>\n<p>Plus trade rumblings, and why 4 Wild games will be simulcast over the air  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fv49GhQphI\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fv49GhQphI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussoHockey\/status\/2015800739545694424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Sorel, Que., native played 21 seasons in the NHL after being selected first overall in the 2003 NHL Draft by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/pittsburgh-penguins\/5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/pittsburgh-penguins\/5\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In 1,051 games (886 starts) with the Penguins, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vegas-golden-knights\/54\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vegas-golden-knights\/54\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/chicago-blackhawks\/16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/chicago-blackhawks\/16\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>, and Wild, Fleury posted a 575-339-97 record, a 2.60 GAA, and a .912 save percentage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fleury won the Stanley Cup three times with the Penguins in the 2008-09, 2015-16, and 2016-17 seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He won his first and only Vezina Trophy as a member of the Golden Knights in 2020-21 when he recorded a 1.98 GAA and .928 save percentage in 36 games during the shortened season.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While there has been interest in veteran goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, it appears the 41-year-old is set to remain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[16159,64,63,198876,575,85],"class_list":["post-438968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-marc-andre-fleury-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8470594","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438968","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=438968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}