It will indeed be a “full circle” moment, as Marc-Andre Fleury describes it, when the beloved goaltender takes the ice for the Penguins one last time Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena.

Fleury, 40, will play one period of an exhibition game against the Columbus Blue Jackets before officially ending his 21-year NHL career.

The circle, however, won’t truly be complete unless the Penguins retire Fleury’s No. 29. That needs to happen sooner rather than later and really shouldn’t be a matter of debate.

It’s an easy call.

“One hundred percent,” said Penguins broadcaster Phil Bourque, who wore the same No. 29 decades earlier. “Like Jaromir Jagr, he will always be thought of as a Pittsburgh Penguin.”

Fleury is far more than one of the most adored athletes in Pittsburgh sports history, althoug

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