Haydn Fleury

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]

On July 21, 2021, Fleury was selected from the Ducks at the 2021 NHL expansion draft by the Seattle Kraken, reuniting him with his brother Cale.^[23]

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] Later, on March 15th, 2026- Fleury scored his first goal as a Winnipeg Jet in a 3-2 Jets victory over the St. Louis Blues. It was his first goal in 2 years- Fleury last scored a goal on December 19th, 2023- when he was a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning. ^[26]

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 babysat Fleury, who was then a toddler. Morrow and Fleury later played in the Under-17 tournament exactly 17 years apart.^[27]

Fleury has a younger brother, Cale, who was taken 87th overall in the 2017 NHL entry draft by the Montreal Canadiens.^[28]