The Lightning shocked the hockey world when they revealed that goaltender Andre Vasilevskiy will miss the first couple months of the upcoming NHL season as he had back surgery at the beginning of training camp. Since then, it has been a mad scramble for the Lightning to find a suitable replacement and rumors have been rampant. <h2>Lightning Trying To Bring In Fleury?</h2> According to NHL Trade Rumors.com, Lightning GM Julien BriseBois has considered filling the gap by bringing in verteran goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Fleury, 38, is on an expiring contract with a cap hit of 3.5 million dollars. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/BradyTrett/status/1364044406093877253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1364044406093877253%7Ctwgr%5Eaf4632da2f9c04d991cd24d26bc1032c09a29967%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhltraderumors.me%2F2023%2F10%2Fwild-rumors-atlantic-division-team.html'> </a></blockquote></div> <h2>Fleury Trade Would Be Difficult, But Not Impossible</h2> Notably, Fleury has a full no movement clause meaning he would have to waive it in order for any trade to go through. It is unclear if he would be willing to do so, but one would think that his chances at lifting the cup one last time would be better with Tampa Bay than they would be with Minnesota, even if he has to accept a limited role when Vasilevskiy comes back from his injury. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/dailyfleury/status/1710134901670879727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1710134901670879727%7Ctwgr%5Eaf4632da2f9c04d991cd24d26bc1032c09a29967%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhltraderumors.me%2F2023%2F10%2Fwild-rumors-atlantic-division-team.html'> </a></blockquote></div> Further complicating the issue is the cap hit involved. 3.5 million is far too much for the lightning to take on so they would likely need Minnesota and another team to both take on the maximum allowed salary retention to make him as cheap as possible. This would, of course, make him more expensive to bring in. Fleury is coming off a season in which he played 46 games, posted a .908 save percentage, a 2.85 goals-against-average, and a 24-16-4 record. As seen on: <a href='https://www.nhltraderumors.me/2023/10/wild-rumors-atlantic-division-team.html?fbclid=IwAR0cWxakzX295H_6E-UgawMk4Wc-o2BIpYRKGYhwZcEGghNmp0HbyadZsRU' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Wild Rumors: Atlantic Division Team Linked To Marc-Andre Fleury</a>