"Nobody knows what I've been doing since I left the game," Theo Fleury says. "Everyone thinks I'm still this crazy person with problems and issues, but I've actually been trying to figure it out."
Fleury last played in the NHL in 2003; he was suspended by the league for violating its substance abuse aftercare program, and never returned afterward. The winger, a 1,000-point scorer and Stanley Cup champion, previously entered the program voluntarily in 2001, seeking treatment for addiction.
Fleury, then with the Rangers, said he was approached by those around him, saying they heard rumors that he was struggling with abuse of drugs and alcohol.