5 teams try to convince Marc-André Fleury to come out of retirement!

Teams across the National Hockey League are working hard this summer to improve their respective roster ahead of the 2025-26 season, and some of them are focused on becoming better in between the pipes.

NHL agent Allan Walsh however pointed out a huge issue at this time, speaking on his podcast about how thin the goalie market currently.

I mean, you know how few good goalies are available when rumours emerge that the Edmonton Oilers could consider signing Carter Hart as a free agent if he is found not guilty in the 2018 World Junior case. As you may remember, five players were charged in the 2018 World Junior alleged sexual assault, including Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube, Cal Foote and Michael McLeod. They were all charged with one count of sexual assault in the 2018 World Junior alleged incident that allegedly occurred following a Hockey Canada gala in Ontario in June 2018. Court documents from 2022 revealed London police believed they had reasonable grounds to accuse five players of sexually assaulting a young woman in a hotel room. At the time, the Philadelphia Flyers parted ways with Carter, making him a free agent. The trial started back in April, and a verdict is expected by the end of the month.

Walsh also added to the chaos of the goaltending situation in the NHL this summer when he revealed that five teams tried to convince Marc-André Fleury to come out of retirement!

“On July 1, I got called by five teams asking if there was any way Marc-André Fleury would un-retire.”

Walsh did reiterate that Fleury, for now, has no intention to returning to the game after hanging up the pads after this past season.

But his story should proves that the goalie market is thin this summer. And that everyone loves Flower (but that we already knew).