I'm well aware. Are you one of those people that never played hockey and think the goalie is to blame like those people that always blame the QB in football? For example, if you think he was to blame during the disastrous series against the Flyers in 2011 then you don't know hockey.
There were far bigger issues with the Pens then Fleury.
Again, you stated 4 goal Fleury which made you wrong from the title.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
The Bad Marc-Andre Fleury Rearing Ugly Head, Pens' Nightmare Returns in Game 4
STEVE MACFARLANEAPRIL 23, 2014
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Few things are certain in life: death, taxes, a
Matt Cooke suspension and a costly
Marc-Andre Fleury mistake in the playoffs.
The Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender is proving once again to be unpredictable and inconsistent. He's a coach's and fan's nightmare.
Fleury was basically a nonfactor through the first three games against the
Columbus Blue Jackets in the opening round of these
NHL playoffs—which in his world is a good thing. He wasn’t by any means spectacular with an .899 save percentage and 2.99 goals-against average after a pair of 4-3 victories and a 4-3 loss.
Through almost 60 minutes in Game 4 on Wednesday night, Fleury was arguably the Penguins’ best player. He stopped 38 of 40 shots, and the Pens looked like they were going to grab a 3-1 series lead.
But in four terrible minutes,
Fleury’s ugly side—the playoff monster that has spoiled the Penguins’ championship hopes since winning it all in 2009—reared its head and turned the series on its backside as the Blue Jackets finished off a comeback 4-3 victory with a late tying goal and an early winner in overtime.
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One
misplayed puck in the dying seconds. A
long wrist shot that sailed past him in the first three minutes of sudden death
. Two more lowlights for Fleury's hockey resume.
The blame doesn't belong squarely on Fleury's shoulders. His team was too undisciplined in front of him and allowed too many shots. However, he looked just awful when the situation became most stressful.
Coming out to play a hard dump-in as the clock ticked toward zeroes in the third period, Fleury missed stopping the puck when it took an awkward hop.
Then panic set in.
He turned and flopped and attempted to block R.J. Umberger’s blind pass out to the front of the net. He couldn’t. Fleury also couldn’t get back into his net in time to stop new Columbus hero Brandon Dubinsky from putting the puck into the net with just 24 seconds left in regulation.
Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma was grilled on his goaltender’s play. Although he didn’t blame Fleury, he didn’t exactly rise to his defense, either.
“It ends up being a mistake,” Bylsma said in his presser aired on the NHL Network. “I don’t know what it hit. He never really even had a chance to play it. It ends up leaving them an empty cage.”