"It happened what happened. But I never changed my point of view on Guy because of that," said Lemaire, in an interview with La Presse on Tuesday. Guy remained the player and the person I thought he was. If he said intense things about me, I have to get over it. But what he did for the Canadiens, for the people of Quebec, for the other players and for me, that's what remains. I'm not going to stop just because of one incident."
Lemaire wanted to attend Lafleur's funeral, as he revealed to Jonathan Bernier of the Journal de Montréal. He lives in Florida, as does Steve Shutt. Both had planned to take the same flight [...] Except that Lemaire is not vaccinated against COVID-19, because of a health problem he mentions. As an unvaccinated person, he would have been restricted in his activities upon arrival in Canada.