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PITTSBURGH -- As the Pittsburgh Penguins embark on an off-season that figures to include significant changes, coach Dan Bylsma insists the goalie position wont be one of them. Bylsma called Marc-Andre Fleury "a franchise goalie . . . this franchises goalie" on Sunday, one month to the day after Tomas Vokoun made his Penguins post-season debut in place of Fleury as Pittsburghs starter. Fleury started every playoff game the Penguins played since being taken with the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2003 until Bylsma opted to go with Vokoun for Game 5 of a first-round series against the New York Islanders. Fleury played just 43 minutes the remainder of the playoffs, fueling speculation he might be traded or bought out of his contract this summer. Not so, Bylsma said Sunday. "Marc-Andre Fleury, Im not sure the definition of franchise goalie, (but) hes our No. 1 goalie," Bylsma said two days after the Boston Bruins completed a stunning sweep of the Penguins in the Eastern Conference finals. "Hes a No. 1 goalie for this franchise and he will be going forward. "We were in a situation where Tomas Vokoun went into net and won the third and fourth games of a series for us and continued to play in our net. But Marc-Andre Fleury is a guy whos going to come back to our team and hes going to be the No. 1 goalie. Hes going to be the franchise goalie. Hes going to be this franchises goalie." The 28-year-old Fleury has two years and $10 million left on a seven-year contract extension he signed with Pittsburgh after leading the Penguins to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2008. He backstopped them to the Stanley Cup title a year later, going a combined 30-14 with a 2.31 goals-against average and .920 save percentage over those two post-season runs. Since, though, its been a much different story. Over the past four postseasons, Fleury is 14-16. He hasnt posted a save percentage of .900 or better or a goals-against average of 2.50 or better in a playoff year since. Last year, in a first-round series defeat to the Philadelphia Flyers, Fleury allowed 26 goals in six games. He gave up 17 in the equivalent of less than five full games this season -- including 14 in a three-game stretch before losing his job. "I didnt change anything from Game 1 when I had a shutout to Game 2 when I had four goals against," Fleury said Sunday. "I dont think there was a technical problem; I think there were a few bad bounces, hit a skate, there was something every game that went in -- and then its a four-goal game instead of a two-goal game, and that made everything worse. "Sometimes you start thinking a little more. You want to win and you want to do good for your team. Its disappointing at the end of the night those four are in the net." Vokoun turns 37 in three weeks, so he was never going to be the long-term answer in net for the Penguins. Still, there has been widespread speculation general manager Ray Shero would trade Fleury this off-season to allow Vokoun to be the unquestioned No. 1 in 2013-14. Another option is a compliance buyout, a mechanism under the new collective bargaining agreement that allows teams to pay a player two-thirds of his remaining salary to remove his salary-cap hit from the ledger. Teams are given up to two of these buyouts to use either this off-season or in 2014. "I like it a lot here and dont want to go anywhere else," Fleury said. "I like the guys in the room here, and feel every year we have a chance at the Stanley Cup. So Im hoping I can be back." That sentiment was echoed by several Penguins during their final appearance as a group. Pittsburghs roster includes seven unrestricted and three restricted free agents, plus 12 players about to enter the final year of their contracts. Only five players are signed beyond next season. "Management and the coaching staff, theyre going to have to make some decisions, we all know that," defenceman Kris Letang said. Letang said "of course" he wants to sign an extension with the team that drafted him in 2005 and with whom he blossomed into a Norris Trophy finalist this season. But an inconsistent post-season has left his future in doubt. He and reigning NHL MVP Evgeni Malkin each are entering the final year of contracts and are due extensions. "I want to be here," Letang said. "From hearing all the other players, this is the best organization in the league." Winger Pascal Dupuis acknowledged he took a so-called "hometown discount" to stay with the Penguins the previous time his contract expired. A pending unrestricted free agent, he said Sunday he wants to stay. Trade-deadline "rental player" acquisitions Brenden Morrow, Jarome Iginla and Douglas Murray also expressed a desire to re-sign with Pittsburgh, as did restricted free-agent-to-be winger Tyler Kennedy. "For a guy who hadnt been to the playoffs in five years to get back there, and knowing that the players they have coming back next year theyre probably going to have the same opportunity they had this year," Morrow said, "theyre going to be a heck of a team for a long time." Bylsma said Sunday he has not yet discussed his future with Shero. Bylsma led the Penguins to the best record in the Eastern Conference this season (36-12), but has been at the helm during playoff losses to lower-seeded teams four consecutive years since guiding the Penguins to the Stanley Cup in 2009. Captain Sidney Crosby was one of many players supporting the coach, saying "we were well-prepared" and "we appreciate everything our coaches do for us." But even Crosby acknowledged that change of some sort is inevitable on the heels of a two-goals-in-four-games performance by the high-flying Penguins in a conference final sweep. 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The Canadian squad, skipped by Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, got on the board first with two in the second end, and followed that with two more apiece in the fourth and sixth ends.Diamonds captain and defensive linchpin Laura Geitz will be carefully managed by Australian netball coach Lisa Alexander, after committing to the their Commonwealth Games title defence in two years time.Speculation over whether the 28-year-old goalkeeper would retire has intensified in recent weeks and she was non-committal about her future after leading the Firebirds to the final trans-Tasman title last Sunday.Geitz was on Thursday named in AlexanderS 2016-17 squad of 18, but will be rested from the upcoming Quad Series against England, New Zealand and South Africa, starting later this month.Asked if Geitz had committed to the Diamonds program for any length of time Alexander told AAP absolutely, shes on board and looking forward to the Commonwealth Games down the track.We have to manage her very carefully and thats what were doing.Geitz, who captained Australia to Commonwealth Games and World Cup titles in 2014 and 15 respectively has occasionally been rested by Alexander before and didnt go on the tour to England earlier in the year.That was to ensure her longevity, she does have and has had niggles, we just have make to sure we look after herr, Alexander said.ddddddddddddIn Geitzs absence, her Firebirds defensive colleague Clare McMeniman will captain the side, as she did in the England series.The squad includes three uncapped players in Swifts shooter Stephanie Wood, New Zealand-born Magic defender Kristiana Manua and midcourter Caitlyn Nevins, who joins the Firebirds other five Australian starters from their title-winning team.Wood and Manua have been named in the squad of 12 for the Quad Series starting in Auckland on August 27.Nevins hasnt been named in the 12 along with Geitz, midcourter Paige Hadley, defender Jo Weston and shooters Susan Pettitt and Gretel Tippett.Among the players not considered due to injury were the Fever duo of defender Courtney Bruce and midcourter Ash Brazill and Vixens shooters Tegan Philip and Karyn Bailey.Diamonds team for Quad Series: Caitlin Bassett, April Brandley, Sharni Layton, Kristiana Manua, Clare McMeniman, Natalie Medhurst, Kim Ravaillion, Madi Robinson, Gabi Simpson, Caitlin Thwaites, Liz Watson, Stephanie Wood. 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