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Montreal Wanders and the NJ Swamp Devils have swapped picks. Montreal GM tinyzombies steps to the podium and selects:
Guy Lapointe
Guy Lapointe

Position: D • Shoots: Left
Adjusted weight: 6.17, 225 lb
Born: March 18, 1948 (Age: 73-324d) in Montreal, Quebec
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player 1993
Guy Lapointe was the best offensive defenseman of Montreal's Big Three from the 1970's. He was a strong skater with a great point shot and nose for the net. He could also handle himself with the fists when required and could dish out hard bodychecks. Solid in his own end, the Big Three would switch sides and play in all sorts of combinations depending on the situation en route to four straight Stanley Cups. Lapointe and Lafleur's injuries in 1980 helped put an end to the dynasty.
Adjusted weight: 6.17, 225 lb
Born: March 18, 1948 (Age: 73-324d) in Montreal, Quebec
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player 1993
Guy Lapointe was the best offensive defenseman of Montreal's Big Three from the 1970's. He was a strong skater with a great point shot and nose for the net. He could also handle himself with the fists when required and could dish out hard bodychecks. Solid in his own end, the Big Three would switch sides and play in all sorts of combinations depending on the situation en route to four straight Stanley Cups. Lapointe and Lafleur's injuries in 1980 helped put an end to the dynasty.
- 6x Cup winner (1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979).
- AS: 1 (1973), 2 (1975), 2 (1976), 2 (1977), 6, 7
- Norris: 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5
- Was a winner with Team Canada in 1972 and 1976. Selected for Team NHL for the 1979 Challenge Cup.
- 22nd all-time Plus-Minus (+329 in 884 games). Tied with Lidstrom for R-ON (and 0.03 ahead of Bourque). R-ON is the ratio of "team even strength goals for" to "team even strength goals against" the player was on the ice for.
- His 166 goals are second only to Larry Robinson's 197 which came in 425 more regular season games. His 25 goals in the playoffs equaled Robinson's total, even though he played just over half as many playoff games as Robinson (112 to 203).
- Inveterate jokester. One of his most famous pranks is probably the Vaseline coated handshake with then-Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau as he was visiting the Canadiens' locker room. My mother knows his wife and when I relayed the fact that he refused to sign an autograph for me once as a kid (he recognized me and knew I already had one), he signed a photo and misspelled my name on purpose. A few years ago, when he worked in management for the Minnesota Wild, he visited the scouts who were camped in a hotel for the draft. They sat there all afternoon sweating, unaware that Lapointe had cranked the heat as he left the conference room and headed to the arena for the draft.
- Lapointe recorded 171 goals and 451 assists for 622 points in 884 games.
- He still holds the Montreal Canadiens' record for most goals in a season for a defenceman (28), and most goals for a rookie defenceman (15).
- His number (#5) was retired by the Canadiens on November 8, 2014. Since the #5 is already retired on behalf of Bernie Geoffrion, they will both share the honour.
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