GOODBYE GREATNESS: 10 FRANCHISE LEGENDS WHO FINISHED THEIR CAREERS WITH ANOTHER NHL TEAM

[battlehim]

This piece reminded me of Guy Lafleur joining the Rangers at the end of his career. As an x-Montrealer, this was neat to see. Guy as a Ranger returning to Montreal, getting standing ovations and scoring two goals:

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[NYRFANMANI]

There is so much class in that clip, I get tears in my eyes.

 

[Roo Returns]

Guy Lafleur...the guy the Rangers let go to the Nordiques and got Sergei Zubov as a comp pick. Most underrated win in franchise history.

 

[leetch99]

Somewhat similar in the main forum....an interesting read so far . Ranger one would be interesting if somebody does one . Players We've All Forgotten Played for your (or any) Team

 

[leetch99]

Guy Lafleur...the guy the Rangers let go to the Nordiques and got Sergei Zubov as a comp pick. Most underrated win in franchise history.

Sure was....thanks for that tidbit . Might have heard it before but certainly had forgot about it .

 

[NYSPORTS]

not to hijack a thread but Great players like Guy Lefleur changing teams, I laugh at how many of the top point scorers of all-time joined the Rangers lol.
NHL All-Time Points Leaders

All top 3 (Gretzky, Jagr, Messier)
5 out of top 10 (Dionne, Espo)
9 of the top 27 (Kurri, Lafleur, Robitaille, Shannahan)

and we got one Cup lol

 

[HFBS]

They were pretty much all legends elsewhere and has-beens here. Only Messier and to a lesser extent Jagr escaped that category. The worst part was the Rangers rarely picked these guys up for nothing, Lafleur being the exception.

 

[battlehim]

I just noticed in that clip that there was a Ranger with the name Lafreniere. Now I see that Alexis Lafreniere's dad was a Ranger (Jason) for a little bit. Fun fact.
Edit: Woah. Now I see that Jason Lafreniere's dad was also an NHLer:

Roger Joseph Lafrenière (b. July 24, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec - d. June 22, 2009) was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues.[1] Roger is the father of NHL player Jason Lafreniere.

So when Alexis makes it to the NHL, could this be the first grandfather-father-son to have played in the NHL or any pro sport?

 

[RangersFan1994]

This piece reminded me of Guy Lafleur joining the Rangers at the end of his career. As an x-Montrealer, this was neat to see. Guy as a Ranger returning to Montreal, getting standing ovations and scoring two goals:

Leetch's rookie season

 

[ScottishRocket]

I just noticed in that clip that there was a Ranger with the name Lafreniere. Now I see that Alexis Lafreniere's dad was a Ranger (Jason) for a little bit. Fun fact.
Edit: Woah. Now I see that Jason Lafreniere's dad was also an NHLer:

Roger Joseph Lafrenière (b. July 24, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec - d. June 22, 2009) was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues.[1] Roger is the father of NHL player Jason Lafreniere.

So when Alexis makes it to the NHL, could this be the first grandfather-father-son to have played in the NHL or any pro sport?

Can anyone confirm if alexis is related to roger and jason?

Jason played briefly in Scotland with edinburgh caps. So i just wondered

As for generations of sportsmen there has been quite a few father/son combos, even playing at same time. And a few grandad, dad, son in professional football (soccer) already.

 

[McRanger]

I just noticed in that clip that there was a Ranger with the name Lafreniere. Now I see that Alexis Lafreniere's dad was a Ranger (Jason) for a little bit. Fun fact.
Edit: Woah. Now I see that Jason Lafreniere's dad was also an NHLer:

Roger Joseph Lafrenière (b. July 24, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec - d. June 22, 2009) was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues.[1] Roger is the father of NHL player Jason Lafreniere.

So when Alexis makes it to the NHL, could this be the first grandfather-father-son to have played in the NHL or any pro sport?

I learned from watching Cars 4000 times with my daughter that the Petty family had 4 generations of racers, if you consider racing a sport.

 

[bobbop]

The Boones and the Bells are three generation baseball families.

 

[Tawnos]

I just noticed in that clip that there was a Ranger with the name Lafreniere. Now I see that Alexis Lafreniere's dad was a Ranger (Jason) for a little bit. Fun fact.
Edit: Woah. Now I see that Jason Lafreniere's dad was also an NHLer:

Roger Joseph Lafrenière (b. July 24, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec - d. June 22, 2009) was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues.[1] Roger is the father of NHL player Jason Lafreniere.

So when Alexis makes it to the NHL, could this be the first grandfather-father-son to have played in the NHL or any pro sport?

Lester Patrick played for what is considered major pro hockey leagues of early hockey history, competitors with the predecessors to the NHL. Technically, he played in 1 regular season NHL game and 1 playoff NHL game as well.
Lynn Patrick played for the Rangers
Craig Patrick played for 4 NHL teams

Bryan-Bryan Jr-Ron Hextall
Bernie-Dan-Blake Geoffrion (also, Dan's mother was the daughter of Howie Morenz)
Jerry-Carey-Colin Wilson

The Hextalls are the only NHL family to each play more than 100 games.