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Theo Fleury s plan to better support mental health
Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images Nobody knows what I ve been doing since I left the game, Theo Fleury says. Everyone thinks I m still this crazy person with problems and issues, but I ve actually been trying to figure it out.
Fleury last played in the NHL in 2003; he was suspended by the league for violating its substance abuse aftercare program, and never returned afterward. The winger, a 1,000-point scorer and Stanley Cup champion, previously entered the program voluntarily in 2001, seeking treatment for addiction.
Fleury, then with the Blackhawks, said he was approached by those around him, saying they heard rumors that he was struggling with abuse of drugs and alcohol. There were tons of people wanting to help, but I wasn t ready for the help, Fleury said. That s part of the equation too. Ultimately, every time I went to treatment, I was saving my job, saving my marriage, doing it for everyone but myself.
Roberto Luongo joked with his customary self-deprecating humour about the surprise he received when newly minted Team Canada GM Doug Armstrong phoned, asking Luongo to come aboard as an assistant general manager. Quite honestly, I was shocked, I was floored, Luongo said Wednesday. I wasn’t expecting it. I thought I was just getting a call to scout some pee wee tournament. But then I realize it was Team Canada for the Olympics in 2022. It’s hard to describe the level of excitement that I had when I got the call.
Armstrong made it clear on Wednesday – exactly one year to the day from puck drop in Beijing – as he announced a blue-ribbon staff that has combined to have their names etched on the Stanley Cup nine times, that Luongo was not appointed solely for his goaltending expertise.
Following an emerging trend in the National Hockey League, the Calgary Flames announced the creation of a goaltending department on Wednesday.
As part of the new structure, current Flames goaltending coach Jordan Sigalet will oversee the goaltending development of all the organization’s goaltenders, including those in the minor leagues and prospects. Sigalet, a former Boston Bruins prospect, had spent the previous five seasons as the Flames’ goalie coach.
Jason Labarbera, who is currently in the Edmonton bubble as Team Canada’s goalie coach at the World Juniors, will become the Flames’ full-time goalie coach.
Labarbera, who suited up for 187 NHL games with the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Arizona Coyotes, Edmonton Oilers, and Anaheim Ducks during a 17-year pro career, had spent the past four seasons as the goalie coach of the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League, which shares the same ownership group as the Flames.