Guy Lafleur, who passed away in 2022, was my childhood hero. Watching the Flower fly down the wing for the Montreal Canadiens — that mane of blond hair, the goals that made you leap off the couch — was as close to magic as a kid in Alberta could get. Rest easy, No. 10.
He was also a chainsmoker who liked his Molson and was famously indifferent to summer training. His long-time coach, Scotty Bowman, said he smoked between periods. None of it seemed to matter.
You could not get away with that today. Connor McDavid does not show up to training c...
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