Fleury was selected by the Red Deer Rebels in the second round (43rd overall) of the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft.[2] He was named an alternate captain for the Rebels on November 8, 2013.[3]
Having been projected as a top 10 pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, Fleury was selected 7th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes, the second defenseman selected in that draft.[4] On August 7, 2014, Fleury was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Hurricanes.[5]
Fleury was reassigned to the Rebels for the 2014–15 season. On November 5, 2015, Fleury was named an alternate captains for Team WHL at the CHL Canada/Russia Series.[6] Upon a first-round elimination from the WHL playoffs, Fleury was signed to an amateur try-out with the Hurricanes' American Hockey League affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers. On April 12, 2015, in the Checkers final home game, Fleury made his professional debut, scoring a goal, in a 4–3 victory over the Rockford IceHogs.[7] Fleury attended the Hurricanes training camp for the 2015–16 season, then was reassigned to the Rebels for that season.[8] He helped the team advance to the 2016 Memorial Cup, where they reached the Memorial Cup Semi-Final, losing to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. Fleury was named to the 2016 Memorial Cup All-Star Team.[9]
Fleury started the 2017–18 season with the Hurricanes.[10] On October 26, 2017, in his eighth game in the NHL, he earned his first NHL points, registering two assists in a 6–3 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs.[11] Fleury was re-assigned to the Checkers on January 25, 2018, after recording 6 points, all assists, in 39 NHL games.[12] However, he was recalled back to the Hurricanes three days later.[13] After the Hurricanes failed to make the post-season, Fleury was assigned to the Checkers to help them in the 2018 Calder Cup playoffs.[14]
The following 2018–19 season, Fleury again made the Hurricanes' opening night roster,[15] but was re-assigned to the Charlotte Checkers on October 17.[16] He was recalled to the NHL on October 31,[17] only to suffer a concussion on November 23 in a game against the Florida Panthers.[18] Fleury was officially placed on injured reserve by the Hurricanes on November 29.[19] Fleury was activated from injured reserve on December 2, 2018, before a game against the Los Angeles Kings.[20]
On July 16, 2019, the Hurricanes re-signed Fleury to a one-year, $850,000 contract extension.[21]
In the pandemic delayed 2020–21 season, Fleury continued to play with the Hurricanes in a third-pairing role. Unable to replicate his previous season offensive totals, Fleury posted just 1 goal in 35 regular season games before he was traded at the trade deadline to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Jani Hakanpää and a 2022 sixth-round draft pick on April 12, 2021.[22]
As a free agent after the inaugural season with the Kraken, Fleury was signed to a two-year, $1.525 million contract by the Tampa Bay Lightning on July 13, 2022.[24]
On July 3, 2024, Fleury signed as a free agent to a one-year, two-way contract with the Winnipeg Jets.[25]
Personal life
Growing up in Carlyle, Saskatchewan, Fleury knew fellow Carlyle native and future NHL player Brenden Morrow, who was then playing junior hockey with the Portland Winterhawks. As a teenager, Morrow would babysit Fleury, who was then a toddler.[26] Morrow and Fleury would later play in the Under-17 tournament exactly 17 years apart.[26]
^Smith, Michael (November 24, 2018). "Projected Lineup: Hurricanes at Islanders". NHL.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018. Fleury...is sidelined with a concussion he suffered late in the third period against Florida.
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