I remember Guy’s 1st game on the comeback trail at The Boston Garden. No man did more damage to the hopes and dreams of 1970’s Bruins fans than Guy. And there we all were, the second he stepped on the ice, giving Guy a standing ovation. That’s how great the talent of Guy Lafluer was

@donscott4143

Жыл бұрын

What a great story!

@davidthompson62

Жыл бұрын

@@donscott4143 …and it’s all true. One thing about real hockey fans in The Boston area, we appreciate talented players. No matter how many times he trampled on our hearts, to see, almost simultaneously, every fan get up and applaud the second coming of Guy Lafluer was phenomenal! It was sad when Guy retired (at a relatively young age…33 I believe) because he lost his spirit in Montreal’s new defensive approach.. To see him flying around with his locks flying in the wind was a bit cathartic to Bruins fans as we lost a player at a young age who use to show us miraculous plays almost every nite. I think Guy’s return tapped into that.

@anthonyriche552

9 ай бұрын

I was an Islanders fan but even I was thrilled and excited about Guy's comeback. It was fun watching him play for New York though I despised the Rangers.

@samuelluria4744

9 ай бұрын

@@anthonyriche552 - Now in my 50's, I don't even despise D. Potvin...🤣🤣🤣 ...(and now, I would not even have the gumption to say that he sucks...🙏) I really really appreciated Bossy, for his CLASS. Nowadays, I just wish that we could all live forever, and play pond hockey for Eternity....

@samuelluria4744

9 ай бұрын

@@davidthompson62 - Having said all of the above.....SCREW BOSTON!!!🤣🤣🤣 (With the obvious exception of Saint Bobby Orr....I'm not even Catholic, and I still fucking Cross myself when I mention his name...😜)

R.I.P.: Guy LaFleur 😢😢😢😢 Coming from a Boston Bruins Fan

We were blessed he decided on a comeback. That's exactly what he gave the fans with no disappointments. You couldn't have believed he would equal his top years, come on. A true legend to the game no matter how you put it.

@davidthompson62

Жыл бұрын

It was sad how this great hockey players 1st retirement had to end with Montreal but the coaching staff were not allowing him to play his game. He also didn’t have the quality of talent he had in the 70’s. But he came back and proved to the doubters with the shackles off he was still an excellent player.

''The Wayne Gretzky of the '70''... No he was ''THE'' Guy Lafleur of the '70...

@Redemption7825

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!! I was 10 in 1979 when he broke my heart with his late game tying goal against my Bruins. We loved to hate the Canadians but you couldn’t help but respect Guy. Him and Robinson. Great and respected.

@RedroomStudios

Жыл бұрын

this report was done in the 80's when Gretzky was at his peak... and for people too young t remember Lafleur its a good analogy to compare him with Gretzky.

@bartsanders1553

Жыл бұрын

@@Redemption7825 * Canadiens

Pierre Larouche was wearing #10 and he gave it back to Guy, despite Guy's insistence that Pierre didn't have to do that.

As a teenager at the time, Guy and Marcel coming to my beloved Rangers was better than anything. It was truly a surreal time.

@anthonyriche552

9 ай бұрын

This is true. Though I was an Islanders fan, I would watch Rangers games and read the Post and Daily News articles on how the Rangers were faring due to those two guys.

Esposito looks like "Big Paul" Castellano with those glasses on lol

I like to thank phil Esposito for giving chance for guy lafleur to come back.

He's 38 here and doesn't look a day over 56.

@elijahrobinson2362

Жыл бұрын

No doubt. That’s what smoking 2 packs a day does to a body.

@bradtuch204

Жыл бұрын

@@elijahrobinson2362 yyup ft yuuuge

@elijahrobinson2362

Жыл бұрын

@@bradtuch204 Guy and Mike Bossy both smoked heavily and both died last year at a relatively young age. That they were so amazing in their careers is all the more impressive knowing they were heavy smokers.

@jimmason1072

Жыл бұрын

Quebecers looked their smokes.....

@ZipSlipHollingbrook

Жыл бұрын

Ouch

I was too young in 1988 to remember this but man this is great to see now at his age here today

When I was a young kid I would watch Montreal play and Guy looked like he was the only one really trying to skate fast... It wasn't until later that I realized everyone was trying, but they just couldn't catch Guy. RIP Mr. Flower. You were a God.

Guy Lafleur was a great one on and off the ice

He was amazing and did great for the rangers

"He is 37 making a comeback. He starting working out for the first time before training camp & two weeks ago he stopped cigarettes.

@clearlyarussianbot

Жыл бұрын

Sports training was far different than it is now. Seems almost silly to think how loose it was compared to today.

we miss him greatly here in quebec... we love you guy !

He was still a good, useful player when he came back. It wasn't like he was a complete nonentity. He didn't play every game in his 2 or 3 season comeback, so he didn't rack up a lot of points, but he wasn't a slouch either.

I have no idea what Montreal was thinking but I will say this much, Lemaire was NOT the man for the job as head coach at that time. They didn't have the goaltending to contend in those years but one can easily imagine Lafleur playing one more season and winning another cup!! They could easily have used him on the top line with Smith and Naslund and his presence would have made 1986 even more magical! He did retire too early and that is without doubt.

@jamesanthony5681

Жыл бұрын

His game was quickness and speed, but that was gone, except in spurts. Ken Dryden said that. He was 33 when he played his last game with Montreal (still a good player), but after 124 playoff games and a lot of wear and tear, was Lafleur willing to accept a reduced role? I recall he wasn't. It didn't help that his former teammate was his head coach.

He even quit smoking!😅😅😅……legend.

@orangesharpy

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Yeah 2 weeks before camp! That's dedication. 🤣🤣🤣

@michaelbrownlee9497

Жыл бұрын

Use to smoke, on the bench, between shifts, during play offs, for the cup, MVP.

37, looked 50. helluva player.

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

Don't smoke

What a pleasure to watch him play. Gone way too soon.

I agree have had this conversation so many times and everyone agrees.

Imagine Guy LaFleur participating in off ice training starting when he was a young boy like kids do nowadays. Imagine Guy and his peers training off ice throughout their career, with current technology, diet, and strength conditioning. Scary

man o man ..to see him flying down the ice......for a fan ,a sight not soon to be forgotten.

The mark of a great player is how he usually breaks hearts of the fanbases of the teams he plays against.

I have a good feeling he'll make the team.

I liked the game against Montreal: when he scored the crowd cheered!!!

@GdF420

Ай бұрын

Standing ovation when he stepped onto the ice, and standing ovations for each of his two goals, what a night that was at the Forum !

I was in LA in Nov 88,I was there for the Raiders game against Atlanta,but also for Wayne,and we saw the Rangers and Buffalo.I remember The Guy picking up the puck at his blue line and went through 3 guys,it was vintage Guy,he did not score,Dionne was also there.We went to the Red Onion,in walked Gresh,Vanbi,Niland,Patrick,being from Toronto we new who they where,in LA nobody knew,so we stated talking to Nilan,he asked how do you who we are,we told him,started laughing,we asked where is the Guy,he said back at the hotel with Dionne,would have loved to meet Guy.

0:46 what an amazing skater.

A young Brian Leetch playing in those games. That guy would have a great career.

Being an exceptional hockey player doesn't make you a god or even a better than average person. Guy's insecurity and cause of death smoking habit are testament to that but as an athlete and entertainer he made us feel like we were part of his magic. Thanks for the memories #10!

This video shows me just how much has changed in terms of physical conditioning for NHL players.

I recall when he retired at 32 when most played went until 35 or later. He was still a useful player at 37 but it would have been better stats wise if he had just played continually until 35 or later.

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

Savard screwed him

Guy lafleur was best there is the best there was .true legend

At 37 he looked 57

It's funny he looks like a 50-year-old man to me. Times have changed that's 4 sure

RIP Legend

The sound is killing this video. Anyone here who heard anything without some hearing-aid prop?

Guy in his prime was a very good hockey player.

@hockeyfanism

Жыл бұрын

Really?

@normandbertrand1202

11 ай бұрын

No kidding !

@GdF420

Ай бұрын

Understatement of the Century

I was lucky enough to see him play in his final years. Even when playing in Pittsburgh, fans would 3:18 chant “Guy”. Much respect for the Flying Frenchman!

37 in the 80s was 57

The Montreal Manic logo on the desk really dates it.

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

The early 80's . When Mtl was truly a sports town.

I am 51 and he looks my age. When I was 37 I looked night and day younger.

@fawc420

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. That was an old looking 37 year old. Must’ve been the heavy smoking he did.

@stephengiannone5449

Жыл бұрын

@@fawc420 and drinking.

@trippinout.

Жыл бұрын

Everyone looked old in the 70's and 80's. Grainy pics and video. Bad hair, fashion and diets. Look at any NHL team photo from 1975. They all look like 40 year olds.

@anamericanman

Жыл бұрын

@@trippinout. I was being generous in saying he looks my age. If you put us side by side people would say he is 10-15 years older.

@anamericanman

Жыл бұрын

@Wax Pack I'm an athlete. In fact, I played hockey for 45 years.

A shame how the Montreal Canadiens organization treated him from his 1 st contract to his forced retirement in 1984.

Playing 8-10 minutes a game and still scoring 30 goals is quite the achievement! He should have stayed with the Habs until 86 and retired with that cup, just like Gainey.

LOL... "He quit smoking 3 weeks ago"! A legend!

The OLD line. Ogrodnick, Lafleur, Dionne

"Even If Guy LaFleur doesn't make the team, he's not a loser." That made me laugh harder than it should have.

"The hair looks great, Guy!" 🎶Hairfax Hairfax Hairfax! 🎶

He was serious about getting back in the game. So serious that he cut back his smoking to 1 pack a day.

He looks old af for 37. Im 39 and look 10 years younger than him.

0:27 "Three weeks ago, he even quit smoking.' Wow, that long ago.

Nice upload

Ну для Канады он, может быть, и звезда

Espo looking like a 70’s Marlon Brando talking about The Flower.

Would've like to have seen him go to the King's but Vachon was Savards buddy so, he nixed that.

@Unclemoparman

Жыл бұрын

Canadiens could have had Dionne for nothing. Remember Guy and Marcel in the all star game just magic! F*** Lemaire and Serge.

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

@@Unclemoparman how and when could they have had Dionne for Nothing ?

I thought his comeback was amazing.

0:28 Wow, he quit smoking way back then.

He looks like he's 50, not 37

Flower the best ever

Guy was a rough-looking 37. Cigarettes and Rue Ste.-Catherine do a goddamned number.

He EVEN quit smoking....ah times back then.

I recall that during his later years they hired a player to protect Guy from the other goons on the ice. He was some body builder that couldn't actually play hockey very well. The first fight he had he got his ass kicked and that was the end of him. Does anyone remember who that was?

@jfb.8746

Жыл бұрын

Normand Baron?

@stevenpringle7813

Жыл бұрын

@@jfb.8746 I think you are correct.

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

​@@jfb.8746 Lol Mr Canada

instead of retiring he should have asked for a trade. sad to think about the stats he could have added to his career totals in those wasted years. he could have easily ended up with over 600 goals.

@kerpin09

Жыл бұрын

Apparently he did ask for a trade

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

He did ask for a trade . Savard wanted to bury him and would not let him

"3 weeks ago he even quit smoking" 🤣🤣

It was just nice that he wasn't a Hab.

"He even quit smoking." It would be shocking if an athlete in 2024 was a regular smoker. Dude looked 55 when he was 37...

How tf was there not numerous incidents back then of guys getting their head cracked open because no helmet? Today players wear required full gear and yet all these freak incidents of head injuries and cut by skate blades.

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

There was more respect . Plus if you know that the other guy has a helmet and shield then why not lift your stick .

HOF Comb over on that journalist. Rip the flower

Phil bragging about his golden goose🤣

0:08 37? I thought he was in his late 50s

37 going on 55.

37 looking 57.

Ovi is 37 or 38 and I still wonder how Ovi can still do it and produce goals and it just does not make any sense how he can keep up with the goal scoring of 25 year olds.

@Waty8413

Жыл бұрын

He's one of the best ever, definite top 10, and he's avoided serious injuries. Ovi also seems very motivated to get the record, he did the math and knows its within reach.

@looloo6322

Жыл бұрын

Ovi is built like a tank, his body type is not prone to injuries. His style of play and his scoring ability doesn't rely on weaving and stick handling, he is like Martin St Louis one timers and just being in the right place to accept a pass and score.

@tommycodfish

Жыл бұрын

@@looloo6322 yeah but Martin assist doubles the amount of goals he has scored in his career. Martin contributes by setting up plays and unlike Ovi he waits for the pass for the most part of his career and with out the playmaker he is nothing and that is why most Canadian players are all round players. Like most Canadian players their assists are above and beyond their goal production because that is how we roll unselfish. That is why Canadian Hockey is the best and will always be the best and the best is yet to come and his name is Connor Bedard.

@JD-jc8gp

Жыл бұрын

@@tommycodfish What an embarrassing post.

@tommycodfish

Жыл бұрын

@@JD-jc8gpNothing to be embarrassed about here. You might want to explain yourself

37 looked like 57 nowadays

Naturally in shape without even hardly training. Resting heart rate under 45 bpm

same guy that sat on the bench between shifts smoking cigarettes in the 70’s 🤔👍

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

He didn't sit on the bench between shifts and smoke . WTF are u smoking ? I can just see Scotty Bowman . 'I know we wanna win that Stanley Cup but , Smoke em if you got em ' not bloody likely

He was only 37? He looked like he was 50

He even quit smoking....

Lol 37? Must have lots of city miles

This was the bottom of the history of the NY Rangers in the last forty years. This year, they could win the Cup.

he scored fifty goals six years in a row then scores 30 then they cut his ice. guys are signing for 60 million nowadays for scoring 20 goals lol.

He even quit smoking lol

Great player but please don't compare him to Wayne

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

Why not . There was no greater player who dominated the decade that they played . Plus Guy won 5 cups .

@giovanniperticaro1623

Жыл бұрын

@@daveyboy_ my first hockey jersey was guy Lafleur my second was Ivan was Ken Dryden think I spelled it wrong I have 22 Gretzky jersey including an autographed Indianapolis racer jersey!

@giovanniperticaro1623

Жыл бұрын

@@daveyboy_ I also have numerous Dino Ciccarelli but he is my cuz lol 😆 I think he is still top 20 goal scorer of all times

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

@Giovanni Perticaro the Racers Jersey mite be worth big bucks someday

@giovanniperticaro1623

Жыл бұрын

@@daveyboy_ 6 figures

He never quit smoking until his second lung cancer bout.

@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987

Жыл бұрын

Cancer finally got him REST IN POWER GL

@lawrencewright2816

Жыл бұрын

@@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987 Bloody hell, I didn’t know he had a previous episode with lung cancer before the one that actually killed him.

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

He stopped smoking before his comeback - made the team , went to the depanneur then bought a pack

On what planet did a canadian idolize wayne gretzky?

The smoking was no good. Great athelete

Plus he smoked alot!

Now we have a REAL legend, Alexander Ovechkin who is the same age at 37 right now who is still near the top of the NHL stats rankings.

He's wasn't shit compared to Gretzky, but ok.

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

He won more Stanley cups

Any job, once management changes, you might not fit in or they feel they can't control you, it's over. He didn't need to retire, in hindsight. The Big Apple is also where players went to die.

I wish hair transplants were perfectly perfected in the 70s so Guy coulda flowed on. Too bad these things can't happen nowadays players are too big strong & fast now Guy woulda got rocked baddddddd. Guy didn't get forced out he just wanted to go disco Hollywood playboy party boy. Could have gotten a trade in 82-83 instead of retirement like wtf was that....

@damone70

Жыл бұрын

"Hair transplants"...wtf is that vain shit? Buzz it off if you're going bald.

@daveyboy_

Жыл бұрын

He asked for a trade they told him to fuck off

When journalism mattered. Today its social media punks in their 20's who think they know it all.

37, he looks 45

There never nor ever be a hockey player that can compare with Gretzky.

@konciliogasco3324

Жыл бұрын

Every era has a GOAT and the game keeps getting faster even Gretzky will get beat...better trainers...physio...basically more money behind the scenes.The OLD timers played for peanuts compared to now and go back a little farther and the players also had other jobs. Gretzky wasn't working for moving company all day then running to the rink to play in the NHL and he certainly didn't 3oo stitches to the face and keep playing that type of dedication and love is gone...they play more for money and prestige ...almost hollywood like so eras should be appreciated not compared the game changes to fast as will the eras. CHEERS!!!

@fenwayandwrigley

Жыл бұрын

I think the game evolves over eras. Orr changed the way defenseman played the game, only to be surpassed by Coffee. Gretzky was amazing but if Mario was right on his heels. Sid and Ovie have changed hockey in the 2000's and now we have McDavid illustrating what the game is like when you play at full speed. Bottom line, the game keeps changing and the players are only getting stronger, faster, better coached etc.