That's why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn't want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight.

He was at the controls when the Tampa Bay Lightning's André Roy proposed to his fiancée the Stanley Cup serving as the engagement ring bearer. As in his heydey with the Habs the Forum crowd chanted "Guy! Guy! Guy!" every time he touched the puck and he received huge ovations for each goal and when he was introduced as the game's first star. The Habs' general manager Sam Pollock was keen to find a way to trade to obtain the first overall pick in the 1971 amateur draft.

Guy Damien "The Flower" / "Le Démon Blond" Lafleur OC CQ (born September 20 1951) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the most naturally gifted and popular players ever to play professional ice hockey[citation needed].