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Darts

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Best wishes for successful heart surgery.

I was surprised to learn he is or was a heavy smoker.
 

Insidious Von

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His physical skills dropped off significantly at the end of the 70's.

The smoking cut short his career, he could have easily played into the 90's had he not. In his last year as a hockey player, Larry Robinson lo0st to his former team in 1993.
 

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I was surprised to learn he is or was a heavy smoker.
It was common knowledge that he smoked between periods.
 

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bruin fan my whole life, but this guy was an incredible hockey player. best in the world at one point!! IMHO.
 

Darts

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http://www.lockerroomdoctor.com/hockey-and-smoking-how-far-weve-come/

https://www.thestar.com/sports/2010/11/24/nhl_cant_snuff_out_tobacco_use_among_players.html

Smoking might be down but alcohol still appears to be a problem with at least one player.

BTW: Smokeless tobacco could also be harmful to one's health.
"Gwynn attributed the cancer to the dipping tobacco habit that he had since playing rookie ball in Walla Walla in 1981.[254] Doctors, however, stated that studies had not linked parot"
 

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alcohol still appears to be a problem with at least one player.
I thought you wanted to talk about Lafleur and smoking. Now you bring up another player and drinking.
 

The Oracle

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His physical skills dropped off significantly at the end of the 70's.

The smoking cut short his career, he could have easily played into the 90's had he not. In his last year as a hockey player, Larry Robinson lo0st to his former team in 1993.
No he would have been 39 in 1990.

The players were getting faster and stronger.

He was one of the best payers in the game for 7 years. That's about as good as it gets for an athlete in any sport.
 

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Lafleur was spectacular to watch in his prime, he had a choppy skating style, but he was super fast along and had a booming accurate slap shot.

Glad to hear he will recover, still mind boggling that he smoked during games and could play at a superior level.
 

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I don't think I really gave him enough credit because to me he looked like a club promoter or a male escort who just happened
to know how to play hockey.
 

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Watching Lafleur skate with his hair being blown back was the best argument against helmets.
 

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Watching Lafleur skate with his hair being blown back was the best argument against helmets.
In his first 3 years in the NHL, he wore a helmet and struggled offensively as he failed to live up to the hype. He ditched the helmet in his 4th year and became a superstar, he was the first player to score 50 goals and 100 points in 6 consecutive seasons.
 

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Yes Dart, I understand that even back in the days when he was playing for the Canadiens, he was a regular smoker!
Hope he recovers well because he was actually one of my favorite players along with others like Steve Shutt, Jean Belliveau etc etc.....
 

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Used to drink with him on Friday afternoons at a strip club on the way to the airport in Montreal, joint’s long gone now.... he was always fun to listen to.
 

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His physical skills dropped off significantly at the end of the 70's.

The smoking cut short his career, he could have easily played into the 90's had he not. In his last year as a hockey player, Larry Robinson lo0st to his former team in 1993.
You are obviously smoking something as well. Lafleur has a career was considerably longer than most players, smoking not withstanding, and he was the first player to score 50 goals and 100 points in six straight seasons. He started in 1971 and in his 12th season in 1983/84 he scored 30 goals. Some drop off. For most of the 70's he was one of the most exciting players in hockey.
 

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Yes Dart, I understand that even back in the days when he was playing for the Canadiens, he was a regular smoker!
Hope he recovers well because he was actually one of my favorite players along with others like Steve Shutt, Jean Belliveau etc etc.....
You have good taste in hockey players. Don't forget the Roadrunner, Yvan Cournoyer in that group too.
 

Darts

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Those Montreal teams in the 1970's were absolute powerhouses. I wouldn't be surprised if many of the players are now in the HHOF. The 1980's belonged mostly to the Islanders and Oilers.
 

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The team that won 4 straight , IMO, was the greatest team ever, (They would have kicked Oiler and Islanders ass) , 12 players are in the HOF from the 70's team:

Henri Richard, Frank Mahovlich, Yvan Cournoyer, Ken Dryden, Steve Shutt, Guy Lafleur, Bob Gainey, Larry Robinson, Rod Langway, Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe and Jacques Lemaire.
 

Darts

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The team that won 4 straight , IMO, was the greatest team ever, (They would have kicked Oiler and Islanders ass) , 12 players are in the HOF from the 70's team:
Imagine if the Canadiens had drafted Mike Bossy in 1977. Apparently, he was passed over because all he does is score 60 goals a year.
 
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