Marty’s photo of the day #4635: It was so much fun watching Marc-André Fleury become the second winningest goalie in NHL history last night, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 5 to 0 shutout of the New York Islanders. Pulling for Fleury is so much better than pulling for assholes, such as football’s Aaron Rodgers. Marc-André Fleury is a likeable team-player and his pranks are legendary.
A few weeks ago, when the Wild’s fourth-line winger Brandon Duhaime talked about how awesome Fleury is “at fifty” in a television interview, Fleury (who is actually thirty-nine) stole all the clothes out of Duhaime’s locker and left him with a pair of fuzzy white boots (which Duhaime wore proudly onto the airplane). Fleury also showed up at the next practice, using a cane instead of a goalie stick.
Today’s photo shows my wife, Deb, wearing her Marc-André Fleury jersey, and Nellie blocking the five hole—which was impenetrable on Fleury last night.