The Penguins made a subtle change to their Twitter name to honour Fleury

BarDown Staff

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Wednesday night at the NHL awards, Marc-Andre Fleury's career as a Penguin officially came to a close.

The Vegas Golden Knights selected Fleury to be their guy between the pipes and it was a very emotional moment for the Penguins and their fans.

😭👋 pic.twitter.com/D94gnVLnaq
— Penguins 🌼 (@penguins) June 22, 2017

No one is more upset about Marc-Andre #Fleury joining the #GoldenKnights than Evgeni #Malkin. . #Repost: @e.malkin71geno sad day (((

A post shared by TSN (@tsn_official) on Jun 21, 2017 at 7:36pm PDT

Fan screams out "I love you" to Fleury. He stops mid-sentence and says, "I love you too."
— Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) June 22, 2017

Sid on Fleury: "He's going to be so important for their team w/ his experience & the kind of person he is. You couldn't have a better guy."
— Penguins 🌼 (@penguins) June 22, 2017

penguins fans trying to keep flower on the team pic.twitter.com/rJA6uJE2tP
— zander (@NYQUISTSNIPE) June 21, 2017

After he was selected by the Golden Knights, the Pens honoured him in a couple of ways on Twitter.

The first was a tribute video and the second was a subtle change to the team's Twitter name.

Notice the flower emoji? Well, that's for "Flower", also known as Fleury.

Standing ovation for Marc Andre Fleury at T Mobile Arena. New face of the franchise. Flower Power.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 22, 2017

Let the crying continue. Here's a quick look at Sid and Flower hugging it out. pic.twitter.com/AXClpEutJ5
— Penguins 🌼 (@penguins) June 22, 2017

Stick tap to the Penguins for honouring their former franchise-altering goalie.

Coincidentally, 14-years ago on June 21st, Fleury was drafted by Pittsburgh, so it's only appropriate that on the same day he would be selected by Vegas, a new team hoping for immediate success.

Exactly 14yrs ago today we drafted him.
Since then: 3 Cups, 437 wins and many many smiles.
Best of luck you beautiful human.
Merci, Fleury🌹 pic.twitter.com/sBJgDiu0Hm
— Alex 🏒🐧🌼 (@AM_PensFan_96) June 21, 2017

When the NHL schedule gets released on Thursday, every Penguins fan will probably circle the game the Golden Knights come to town because we imagine the team will have something very special planned for Fleury that night, too.

(H/T: Pittsburgh Penguins)