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'Smiling Assassin'? Hey, for Fleury, it fits

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

PHILADELPHIA -- Marc-Andre Fleury doesn't grit his teeth, he grins. In fact, we imagine the Pittsburgh Penguins netminder, under siege as he was for most of Game 4 on Tuesday night, being bombarded by pucks, poked and pushed by desperate Flyers, and not grimacing as you might expect. Just maybe offering up a giggle or two. And grinning. It's who he is, and therein lies the problem for the young goalie who turned aside 45 of 46 shots en route to a 3-1 victory over Philadelphia that sends Pittsb ...

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