Lafluer became the target of the Montreal Canadiens, and with some shifty manouvering by Sam Pollock, the Canadiens traded Ernie Hicke to the floundering Oakland Seals in return for their first round draft pick. As fate or luck would have it, the Seals finished last, and the Canadiens were able to gain first pick in the 1971 Amateur Draft, and their choice was Guy Lafleur. So in 1971-72, Lafleur began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens.

Judged against any other player, you could say Guy's first three years were very good, considering he had 29, 28 and 21 goals respectively. But the fans and the Canadiens wanted more, and it looked like Guy's production was dropping. But something must have happened to Lafleur in the 1974-75 season, because "the Flower" caught fire. In 70 games he racked up 53 goals and 66 assists for a point total of 119. In 1975-76 he moved his totals up to 56 goals and 69 assists to lead the league in total points with 125.

Lafleur followed that season up with a spot on the 1976-77 Canada Cup Team, and again that same year racked up 56 goals and led the league with 80 assists for 136 points. In 1977-78 Lafleur again dominated the league with a top goal tally of 60, followed by 72 assists to once again lead the league with 132 points. That would be 3 Art Ross Trophies in a row for the "Flower". That was the last year Lafleur would lead the league. But for the next two seasons, Lafleur still produced over 125 points a season.

The 1980-81 season witnessed the rather rapid fall in Guy's numbers. For the next 5 seasons he tried to find his old rhythm but try as he might, he couldn't do it. His goal production dropped to the 25-30 a season level and his point production remained between 70-84. In those days Lafleur was still racking up over a point a game, but when your normal level of play is 2 points a game, it might be viewed as your production has slid by 50%. After just 19 games into the 1984-85 season Lafleur retired.

When most of us retire we say that's it, no more, but not Lafleur. Hockey burned inside of him, and not being able to play got the better of him so in 1988-89 he signed as a free agent with the New York Rangers and spent a year in the Big Apple. On July 14, 1989 he signed as a free agent with the Quebec Nordiques where he spent two years before finally retiring from the game.

When Lafleur was on the ice it was like watching a magician trick his audience. His speed left most opponents playing catch up, his moves to get to open ice or feather a pass to a team mate left you wondering just how he saw the opening and his stickhandling ability made you think the puck was glued to his stick as he quickly shifted and moved around the ice.

In total, Lafleur was named the the NHL First All Star Team 6 consecutive times from 1975 to 1980, won the Art Ross Trophy 3 consecutive times form 1976-1978, won the Lester B. Pearson Award 3 consecutive time from 1976-1978, the Hart Trophy twice in 1977 and 1978, the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1977 and the Plus/Minus Leader in 1978. Lafleur still holds the Montreal Canadien's team records for The Most Assists(career), 728, The Most Points(career), 1246, The Most Goals(season), 60, Most Points(season), 136 and the Most Points for a Right Wing(season) with 136.