During the 1957–58 season, Lalande played 22 games for Chicago before being traded to the Detroit Red Wings along with Nick Mickoski, Bob Bailey and Jack McIntyre for Bill Dineen, Billy Dea, Lorne Ferguson and Earl Reibel on December 17, 1957.
In 12 games with the Red Wings, Lalande put up only two assists and was traded, four months after coming from Chicago, to the Hershey Bears of the AHL along with Don Poile and cash for Dunc Fisher on April 23, 1958.
The trade would turn out to be a blessing in disguise as Lalande would help lead the Bears to back-to-back Calder Cup Championships in 1957–58 and 1958–59.
After scoring 57 points in the 1961–62 AHL season and leading the Bears to a second round playoff appearance, Lalande decided to leave Hershey for the St. Louis Braves of the EPHL.
For the 1963–64 season, Lalande joined the Clinton Comets of the Eastern Hockey League and put up his most impressive numbers to date.
In August 1965, Lalande was traded by Clinton to the Jersey Devils along with Norm Defelice, Ted Sydlowski and Benny Woit for Ed Babiuk, Pat Kelly and Borden Smith.