Flames fans will tell you Fleury belongs in the Hall of Fame. How do the rest of us feel? And what do we make of Fleury’s infamous substance abuse issues – do they disqualify him?
Listen to us talk about Theo Fleury’s case for the Hall of Fame here:
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Fleury’s stats:
Career:
- NHL: 1988-2003; 15 seasons, all quality
- 455G, 633A for 1088P, +145 in 1084 games, 110.3 PS, 20:37 ATOI (since 1998-99)
- Drafted 166th overall in 1987. In his draft class Fleury is:
- 4th in Goals, Assists, Points and Plus/Minus
- 6th in Point Shares
- 8th in Games Played
- Era: Of the 52 players to play in at least 1,000 games between 1988 and 2003, Fleury is
- 10th in Goals and GPG
- 15th in Assists and APG
- 13th in Points and PPG
- 9th in Plus/Minus and Offensive Point Shares
- 18th in Point Shares
- 82-game average: 34G, 48A for 82P, +11
- 3-year peak (1992-95): 82-game average of 41G, 54A for 94P, +19 [Fleury basically has two overlapping three year peaks, of ‘90-’93 and ‘92-’95]
- Fleury retired before possession stats were kept
- Playoffs: 34G, 45A for 70P, +2 in 77 games
- Adjusted: 468G, 643A for 1111P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 35G, 49A for 84P
- Fleury is not on any adjusted PG leaderboards
- Trades:
- Traded at 28 (expiring contract) with Chris Dingman (22) for Rene Corbet (25), Wade Belak (22), Robyn Regehr (18) and 2nd round pick (Jarret Stoll)
- Traded at nearly 32 as future considerations (his contract then expired).
Accomplishments:
- Top 5 in Hart voting twice
- Top 5 in Selke voting once
- Top 10 Player (by PS) once (‘91)
- Top 5 Offensive Player (by OPS) twice (‘91, ‘95), Top 10 three times (‘99)
- Top 5 in Goals once, Top 10 three times
- Top 5 in GPG once, Top 10 three times
- Top 10 in Assists twice
- Top 10 in APG once
- Top 10 in Points three times
- Top 10 in PPG four times
- Led the league in Plus Minus once
- Scored 50 goals once, 45 goals twice, 40 goals four times, 30 goals seven times, 25 goals ten times, 20 goals eleven times
- Tallied 60 assists once, 50 assists five times, 40 assists nine times
- Scored 100 points twice, 90 points four times, 80 points points five times, 70 points eight times, 60 points twelve times, 50 points thirteen times
- 2nd Team All Star once
- 7 All Star Game appearances.
Great Teams:
- NHL:
- Top 3 Forward (by points) on one Final Four (‘99 Avalanche)
- Top 9 Forward (by points) on one Champion (‘89 Flames)
- Olympics:
- Role Player (by points) on one Champion (‘02 Canada)
- Canada/World Cup:
- Top 3 Forward (by points) on one Runner Up (‘96 Canada)
- Top 6? Forward (by points) on one Champion (‘91 Canada)
- World Championships:
- Top 3 Forward (by points) on one Runner Up (‘91 Canada)
- World Juniors:
- Top 3 Forward (by points) on one Champion (‘88 Canada)
This is my favorite hockey player of all time. My idle and my role model. I don’t care substance abuse and drug issues or not it doesn’t matter to me the guy was a hell of a hockey player especially for his size. He should definatly be in the hall of fame. I don’t know how guys like Pavel Bure or Paul Kariya got in before him especially when he has more games played and points in his career over them both and having a stanley cup over both of them as well. Straight bull crap that he isn’t in the hall of fame.
Well the reason Bure was inducted should be obvious: https://blog.thebackcheck.com/2019/03/18/pavel-bure/