I defended him after Game 3, and I still stand by my assessment of those games. But good lord was Fleury awful in Game 6. I never said he was completely beyond blame in the first three losses, but in those there were other glaring inadequacies that led to the Penguins’ demise above and beyond the spotty goaltending. In this one there is no two ways about it: Fleury (or any other NHL-caliber goaltender) should have saved every single shot he faced in Game 6. I still don’t think that he is as awful as he’s made out to be by some people, but there’s no defending a performance like that. To the tape:
