The Chicago Blackhawks don’t deserve Marc-Andre Fleury

The Chicago Blackhawks started the night with a very bad look. Rocky Wirtz was asked a question at a Town Hall meeting about Kyle Beach that he shoved to the side and freaked out over. People want to know what the team is doing to make sure that this doesn’t happen to a future player and he really messed up an opportunity to show that the team is moving forward.

Wirtz should be ashamed of himself. This was as bad of a look for him and his family as this franchise tries to be better. It really makes it seem like they don’t care and it is just ugly to listen to.

Someone like Marc-Andre Fleury doesn’t deserve to be a part of this. He is an incredible human being that is well known and liked across the league. They are horrid off the ice right now and they are also very bad on the ice.

The team in front of Fleury plays like garbage on a nightly basis. It reached a boiling point on Wednesday night against the Minnesota Wild. They were very soft in front of him and let the Wild control play the entire night. As a result, they were blown out 5-0 at home.

The Chicago Blackhawks don’t deserve to have Marc-Andre Fleury on their team.

Not a single goal that Fleury gave up was his fault. The first goal was a power-play goal in which the Wild did a good job passing the puck with the man advantage before taking advantage of a very nice goalie screen.

The second goal was a goal in which Mats Zuccarello was allowed to stand alone in front of Fleury and accept a pass from Jordan Greenway behind the net. Fleury had no chance as the Hawks were just too easy to play against on this play.

On the third goal, Zuccarello made another great play to deke Connor Murphy off his skates and make an amazing pass to Kirill Kaprizov who wouldn’t miss. Seeing two players as good as Zuccarello and Kaprizov basically do what they want in the offensive zone is incredibly bad.

For the fourth goal, a nice play was made by Matt Boldy to take advantage of some bad coverage. As a result, Kevin Fiala was able to accept a pass that sprung him on a breakaway where he would score to make it 4-0. The rest of the game was a formality from that point on.

The fifth goal was the worst of them all. The Blackhawks were so soft on the puck that before the announcement of Fiala’s goal was finished, the Wild were able to take advantage. A rolling puck was never able to clear the zone and five Blackhawks just watched it make its way to Nico Sturm’s stick who would bury it.

This goal was one that cause Marc-Andre Fleury to slam his stick and leave the ice. Collin Delia came in to relieve him of his duties as Fleury had a mini-meltdown in the tunnel. This is exactly what Marc-Andre Fleury doesn’t deserve.

Between the off-ice issues along with the bad play on the ice, this team is no fun to play for. There are plenty of teams that need Fleury and would give up something for him. He has never missed the playoffs in his NHL career so the Hawks really should do him a solid and just move on.