‘”Before Mike Bales, Marc-Andre Fleury was very erratic, very much an acrobatic type goaltender. When Mike Bales came in, he looked at Fleury and said, ‘Look, I’m not going to take away your athleticism and the fact that you can do things that nobody else can do. But we are definitely going to dial it back and build a lot more of a structure in net.'”‘
Biron: Bales developed trust factor with prior coaches, goalies
Source: Sabres.com