Eric Francis of Sportsnet: Now Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, said that back at last year’s trade deadline, had Pittsburgh Penguins GM Jim Rutherford worked out a trade to send him to the Calgary Flames, Fleury would have likely waived his no-trade clause.
“I heard all the rumours – Winnipeg, Calgary and Vegas,” said Fleury of the trade deadline talk.
“I didn’t know what was going to happen. At the trade deadline I couldn’t sleep that night, wondering, ‘where am I going?’”
On trade deadline day GM Rutherford told Fleury that he wouldn’t be going anywhere that day.