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Laflamme based on three NHLers...

posted 12 years ago by xchristineb
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In the Goon special features extras, Marc-André Grondin says he based Xavier Laflamme on three players still in the NHL. Who would you say those players are?

My obvious assumptions would be Max Talbot when Laflamme does the "shhhh!". I also read an article where Grondin says "I just imagined someone like Ovechkin, you know, really, like, him in a party with a bunch of bling and Ed Hardy. I Google image searched a lot of Alexander Ovechkin party pictures a couple years ago while trying to find the look..."

Who do you think is the third?

[–] MatineexIdol 12 years ago

He handles the puck just like Datsyuk.

[–] usgator 12 years ago

He handles the puck just like Datsyuk.
Good call, I agree with you. The first time he handled the puck, I thought it was like the way Datsyuk moves.

[–] Defenseman13 11 years ago

Datzyuk, maybe Crosby (I like to entertain that one for the whining)?

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm2339870/

[–] usgator 11 years ago

maybe Crosby (I like to entertain that one for the whining)?

[–] jville2 11 years ago

And just as overrated too. All flash, little finish.

[–] Diskothek 12 years ago

I definitely see the comparision to Ovechkin.

There's a snake in my boot!

[–] kfratt 12 years ago

Now this is a thread that uses more than opinion disguised as fact. I learned something reading it, namely that the actor himself said he based his character on three NHLers, one being Ovechkin. There are others out there announcing the Ross Rhea character as being based on Marty McSorley or Frank Bialowas. However, interviews with the actor, Liev Schreiber, has him stating that he patterned his character after Bob Probert and Dave Schultz. So who should I believe, the actor or a poster on the IMDB?

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[–] Odedmullet 12 years ago

I'd say based off style of skating and fighting. Doug was more like Bialowas and Ross was like Schultz.

[–] Odedmullet 12 years ago

Oh, and one of the guys for Laflame was Pat Kane.

[–] familyguy3 12 years ago

I was 100% gonna say Kane...but Kane is USA and his biggest party bender came after this movie was released lol. Still got a Kane vibe though.

[–] Odedmullet 12 years ago

Kane was bending girls over the Cup. Photos were taken

[–] Ernest_Hero 12 years ago

I agree with all of the suggestions...as for Laflamme's nemesis (Ross Rhea), I am guessing that he was based on McSorley and/or Bertuzzi (the latter's on-ice attack that ended Steve Moore's career is now rather infamous in Canada - even among those who don't really follow hockey).

[–] Odedmullet 12 years ago

In the book it's Bialowas...I needed to look it up.

[–] smit0910 12 years ago

What about Alexander Daigle? Huge potential, wasted it all away on women, booze and strippers. Is also french canadian and they even look alike.

[–] andrew_hynd 12 years ago

I had no idea that he was based on hockey players, but when watching it last night for the first time, Daigle is the guy that crossed my mind. High draft pick, huge potential, french canadien, blew it all away acting like an idiot. Like the time he was crossing the border and told security he had a bomb in his bag. Had to miss a game because they held him at the airport for inspection.

[–] smit0910 12 years ago

Ha, too bad Daigle couldn't turn it around like LaFlamme though eh? Sens fans?!

[–] godmachine_74 11 years ago

That was the first thing that came to my mind: ALEXANDRE "BIG BUST" DAIGLE.

[–] chriscougar7 11 years ago

Another thing about Diagle was that he was big on being the number 1 draft pick saying "I'm glad I got drafted first, because no one remembers number two".

When LaFlemme is drafted 2nd overall he holds his finger up and says "number 1!"

[–] high_roller 10 years ago

First player I thought of was Kris Letang, based on physical appearance and the last name being a little similar. But there are definitely reasons to compare to Kane and Crosby and St Louis as well (don't get me started on St. Louis).

[–] uncleben85 11 years ago

Bertuzzi's attack was really a one time thing in his career and accidental (the ultimate injury I mean) and provoked. Not saying what he did was right, and this isn't the place for that conversation but Rhea is really nothing like Bertuzzi...

[–] liman7733 11 years ago

He reminds me so much of former Mighty Duck Adam Banks

[–] DontTrollMeBro 9 years ago

His puck handling is definitely more of a Pat Kane style.

[–] borchers34 11 years ago

To me LaFlamme totally reminded me Marty St. Louis.

"No f@cking sh`t lady does it sound like I'm ordering a pizza!"

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[–] Odedmullet 11 years ago

Poor Lindros...

[–] timmy321 11 years ago

I was thinking Pat LaFontaine. The name sounds similar and he took a few famous hits to the head.

[–] Howard_J_Turkster 11 years ago

>>>Wasn't Lindros a pussy once he got concussions?<<<

No.

[–] smsullivan5 11 years ago

The first player that popped in my head was Crosby with all of the potential, success, and subsequent concussion troubles. I agree that his style resembles Ovechkin, and I thought he skated a bit like Modano, too.

[–] TheFreak31 11 years ago

Jay Baruchel said on the Marek vs Wyshenski podcast that Laflamme's personality and party boy lifestyle was based heavily off of Mike Ribeiro and Jose Theodore during their time with the Canadiens.

I figure the third is probably Alexandre Daigle in the sense that he was a high draft pick, tons of talent, and squandered it.

[–] Artgineer 11 years ago

Mike Ribeiro, Jose Theodore and Pierre Dagenais were called "The Three Amigos" back when they played in Montréal.

They were pretty popular in stripper joints all across town.

[–] ImMikeUrNot9 11 years ago

A few of Laflamme's breakaway moves during the final game were Patrick Kane-esque

[–] steiner444 11 years ago

Ross Rhea is based on Rob Ray.