Theoren Fleury retires a Calgary Flame

Theoren Fleury says he is going out as a Flame. The 41-year-old announced
this morning that his comeback bid is over.
Here is some of Fleury's news conference.

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• Calgary Flames
• NHL Hockey
• #14
• Theoren Fleury
• Calgary Herald sports
• hockey

[awildermode]

Why is his name spelled incorrectly?

F-L-E-U-R-Y

[CalgaryHeralddotcom]

will correct. Thanks for pointing it out

[10020113001]

As a Canucks fan I'm obviously not the biggest fan of the Flames but don't I have the biggest respect for this guy ever after what he's been through. Hell of a life, hell of a hockey players, hell of guy

[Flames0412]

One of the greatest flames of all time

[larukulunaseas]

Best thing to come from Calgary since ebola.

[draziom902]

everyone loves Theoren Fleury

[boomerncheeze]

Pause and hit 9 repeatidly. He goes out with his favourite team.

[Djwhitemanonxat]

He will always be #14 and nothing can change that

[owenboen67]

He should have made it, he can skate better than half their team

[Onemandynasty13]

i wish he stayed with calgary for one year , i miss him hes awesome ,

he couldve stayed till the playoffs were done

[robdmhaze]

@swassontelus are you from the east? im sure you are....lol

[robdmhaze]

do you know why they had pink in their uniform? i guess not from your answer. the hitman was owned by the wwf guy brett the hitman hart, oh and keep making fun of the hitman why does that affect me?

[robdmhaze]

@swassontelus wow your hatred for yourself shows in your posts, If you are gay thats ok guy, we accept you. For you to go out and attack someone for being molested then calling them gay, really shows that you have some issues with yourself. were u molested by someone and now are so disgusted with yourself that you lash out to try and make otheres feel bad? Well little boy we feel for your pain. Poor little guy it will be ok, your daddy will accept you for being gay. its ok.

[swassontelus]

@swassontelus

And I am only saying this because he 'knowingly' put other young men at risk by hiring a pedophile as a coach for the Hitmen.

Hey, I liked watching him play hockey....but, as a man....he should take a dive off the nearest cliff in Dover, UK

[SherekX]

They should have given him his spot this season, it was the spark they needed. Look at our crappy Flames without him!

[tupluck699]

i hope the hall of fame committee chooses him to become a hall of famer cuz he was 1 of the great ones not as grat as Lanny MAcdonald or wayne gretzky but like Joel Otto great he desrves to be a hall of famer

[Onemandynasty13]

why did he have to leave !!!

[pocketrocketrick]

being a small player myself i always watched and learned from theo.s games. i was told many times id never be a good hockey player because of my size. its thanks to theos magic over the years i continued to believe if he can make it as a little guy so can i. and i did. im happy to see hes off the booze and drugs and lookin foward to reading his book. the guy deserves more respect than alot of these leafs fans are giving. hes only human,

[Shoooooooo81]

I honestly say that Theoren Fleury never was the biggest dog in the fight, but always was the dog with the biggest fight in him. He had loads of passion, and its kind of sad he had to go out this way, but thems be the breaks in sports. I'm glad he cleaned himself up and was able to go out and finish his career on his terms

[evh5150316]

Just because I'm from Toronto doesn't mean I'm a Leaf fan. But nice try.

I think he was an AMAZING playing in his day. No question. He was electrifying.

But lately he has shown that he is nothing more than a huge EGO trying to gain headlines. With his comeback and then releasing his book right after his comeback attempt (how convenient) and now with this assault charges.

Time to go away Fleury. He ruined his career with drugs and booze and now he is trying to make up for te lost time.

[boomerncheeze]

fare well fluery u were a great hockey palyer

[evh5150316]

How many athletes can actually say that they left the playing field to a standing ovation?

Hmmm...probably a lot. Gretzky, Jordan, Lemieux, Yzerman,, etc

Plus that's a pretty egotistical thing to say.

His whole comeback was just in an effort to try and boost his book sales.

[Aaaaaayyy18]

f l u e r y LMAO !!!

[OrgasmicOprah]

@itobiuslee

5-0

What was that?