DALLAS — At some point, a Hall of Fame argument will be made on his behalf. It could go either way, his highs having soared beyond the peak of Everest and his lows wading amid the salinity of the Dead Sea.
But none of it, not the gold medal at the Winter Olympics, not the three Stanley Cup championships, not losing his job to a younger goalie, not the fact some of his worst moments have come in the playoffs, not being exposed in an expansion draft and shipped away from the only NHL home he ever knew, changed how Marc-Andre Fleury views his place on the ice.