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Theo Fleury released from Calgary tryout

By Helene Elliott
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The Calgary Flames released Theo Fleury from his tryout, but the 41-year-old’s comeback was no failure. This was about Fleury turning his life around and he appears to have done that, getting in good enough shape to be one of the team’s best players during training camp and excite crowds like he used to in his prime.

Other teams might call him, but he should retire a Flame. And don’t be surprised if he stays with the club in a community relations role or as a roving coach.

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No matter what happens, it won’t hurt sales of his supposed tell-all autobiography that’s due to be released next month, ‘Playing With Fire: The Highest Highs and Lowest Lows of Theo Fleury.’

He scheduled a news conference in Calgary for Monday, when it’s expected he will discuss his plans.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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