Lalande began his juniors career in 2002 with the Hawks prior to being drafted and signed by the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League in 2003.  He posted a 1-2-0 record with a 6.77 goals against average and an .833 saves percentage while appearing in three games. Lalande would play four years for Belleville concluding with a 64-46-12 record in 131 games, leading Belleville to the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals.

Drafted by Calgary in the fifth round, 128th overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draf he was acquired in a trade by Columbus from Calgary in exchange for a fourth round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, March 4, 2009.

Lalande began his professional career in 2007, when he was assigned to the Quad City Flames of the American Hockey League. Lalande would have a 2-3-0 record with a 3.34 goals against average and an .888 saves percentage in seven games with Quad City before being sent to the Las Vegas Wranglers. Lalande played in 27 regular season games for Las Vegas posting a 17-5-4 record with a 2.05 goals against average and a .932 saves percentage.

Lalande spent the first two months of the 2008-09 season as Calgary's #3 goaltender seeing no playing time, before being reassigned back to Las Vegas in November 2008.