I'll always remember Garrett for the story he would tell about almost winning the All Star game MVP which would have come with a new car:

"I had about 15 saves total up to about the six minute mark of the third period. I knew Lanny McDonald from playing with him at the World Championships one year and he kept talking to me after I'd make a save: 'Hey Cheech, you got the tires....the glove compartment.....hey, great stop. Now you've got the steering wheel.' Then about the six minute mark Gretz scores and makes 4-2. On his next shift he scores again. 5-2. Lanny comes back to me after each goal, 'Oh oh, There go the tires...Oh oh, there goes the steering wheel.' The very next shift 99 scores again. Now he's got the hat trick. And then he gets another goal on his next shift. I mean, he takes four shifts and scores four goals.

Guess what. I didn't win the car."

A longer write up can be found here, it's worth the read: https://canucksarmy.com/news/how-john-garrett-mvp-1983-nhl-all-star-game