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“Obviously Matt’s the guy
here and he’ll be for many
years,” Fleury said.
Just as Fleury was for well
over a decade, helping the
Penguins to three of their
five Cups while collect-
ing more wins (375), saves
(17.744) and shutouts (44)
than any other goaltender
in the franchise’s five de-
cades of existence. Fleury
understands he makes too
much money ($5.75 million)
to be a backup. Besides,
he wants to be on the ice
every night. That’s not pos-
sible in Pittsburgh, where
the 23-year-old Murray has
the No. 1 job.
“I love to play,” Fleury said.
“I love to be in there and
compete, the challenge of Pittsburgh Penguins goalies Marc-Andre Fleury, left, and Matt Murray hoist the Stanley Cup on stage after riding in the team’s NHL
it. I love everything about hockey Stanley Cup victory parade in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, June 14, 2017.
it.” Fleury will just have to Associated Press
love it somewhere else and through what we did, it’s excellence difficult and a message to Crosby, Mur- in Pittsburgh next season.
others are also likely to be pretty special.” fleeting. ray, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Le- OFFICE SHUFFLE: The raid on
here when the Penguins So too is the chance at be- That doesn’t mean the tang and Phil Kessel that Pittsburgh’s brain trust that
raise another banner to the coming a true dynasty. No Penguins aren’t embracing there’s no reason the party helped put together two
rafters at PPG Paints Arena team has raised the Cup the challenge. Coach Mike can’t continue. Cup winners has already
in October. three straight years since Sullivan issued a challenge “It was an opportunity to started. The Buffalo Sabres
“It’s something I don’t even the New York Islanders did during the team’s raucous throw out a challenge lured away Jason Botterill
like having to talk about it,” it four years running from victory parade. Sullivan to our core players right to be their general manag-
Penguins captain Sidney 1980-83, long before the wasn’t getting caught up away,” Sullivan said with a er. The trickle-down effect
Crosby said. “Playing with salary cap came around to in the euphoria of the mo- grin. “That will be our goal, led to the team naming
someone that long, going make any sort of sustained ment so much as sending be our expectation.” assistant GM Bill Guerin will
A quick look at what should take over as general man-
be a short summer in Pitts- ager of the team’s AHL af-
burgh. filiate in Wilkes-Barre/Scran-
DECISION TIME ton.
The list of Pittsburgh unre- A SECOND ACT
stricted free agents include A year ago, Jake Guentzel
forwards Nick Bonino, Chris watched the Penguins win
Kunitz and Matt Cullen and the Cup on TV after finish-
Located in the Riu Antilles Resort (Formerly the Westin Resort) defenseman Trevor Daley, ing his first few months as
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Justin Schultz arrived in ing “old.” If anything, the

ONLY CASINO IN ARUBA TO OFFER 3, 4 & 5 TIME ODDS Pittsburgh 16 months ago chance to make history
as a reclamation project next year has invigorated
of sorts. Now the defense- him.
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cant raise after putting to-
teams were able to go
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is confident the math will beat,” he said. “It’d be
work out that will keep him cool to shoot for that.”q