Fleury gets pranked ahead of game against Penguins

Fleury gets pranked ahead of game against Penguins

Wild goalie has surprise from former teammate in locker before potential final game in Pittsburgh

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It wouldn’t be a Marc-Andre Fleury party without a few pranks.

On Tuesday, just before his return to Pittsburgh for potentially the final time, the now-Minnesota Wild goalie had a few surprises waiting for him at his locker.

Pranking the prankster??
Touché @penguins pic.twitter.com/jTxgJo5NES

— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) October 29, 2024

Fleury got to the locker room and found some of his equipment tied with tape, as well as one of his goalie sticks “vandalized” with a special message.

The culprit? None other than Pittsburgh Penguins legend Max Talbot, who won the Stanley Cup with Fleury in Pittsburgh back in 2009.

“I gotta be careful now, my car and everything,” Talbot said in the social media video as he was taping up Fleury’s equipment. “I’m gonna have a target on my back the rest of my life.”

The video ends with a shot of Fleury during warmups, making it clear he knows exactly who’s to blame for the prank.

“The guy in the middle … is very suspicious,” Fleury said in the video, pointing out Talbot. “That’s the guy I gotta get, right there. Get a little payback.”

Based on Fleury’s track record, that payback is almost certainly coming.