Bob Gainey
Bob Gainey
Robert Michael "Bob" "Le Capitaine" Gaineyis the former executive vice president and general manager of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. He is currently a team consultant for the St. Louis Blues. He is also a former professional ice hockey player who played for the Canadiens from 1973 until 1989. After retiring from active play, he became a hockey coach and later an executive with the NHL Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars organization before returning to Montreal as general...
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My story for the players has been getting away from eighth and focusing on seventh. We are not worried about the Bruins because they have other teams to jump ahead of before they get to us.
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Ottawa, as they were in Ottawa, were really in control in the first period.
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That may change, but right now we're at the time of the year when playing games, results and standings are what's important.
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I think our team has to concentrate on how to test (Carolina goalie Cam Ward.). Lets' raise the shot total, the scoring chance total and get rid of any lazy or soft play around him. Let's put more responsibility on the goalie to make more saves.
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Mike Ribeiro demonstrated during the 2003-04 season how much of a force he can be. His creativity, his passing skills and his vision make him one of the key components of our offence.
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Our power play hung in there. Even though we didn't get the ultimate reward of a goal, we had possession time in the offensive zone, we had shots, we had scoring chances. If they're working at it and doing the things you need to do to create chances but not scoring, it's still positive for your team.
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It was a terrific game to be involved in and hopefully it was a great game for the fans. You could see that kind of determination in Florida right until the final buzzer.
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The swelling has to diminish before the physicians can do all the necessary tests.
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Jose was a victim of an unfortunate accident, and we all feel for him.
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There really was no reason to drop him into a pot of boiling water when we can drop him in and warm it up gently. Guy will grab on to where we are and where we're going and what is needed quickly.
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I think it was the right reaction to the moment. We paid a price, but it wasn't too costly this time.
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I haven't really thought about it at this moment. We'll make a decision on our lineup and we'll let you know.
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He happened to score the goal in the third period, which is terrific, but I think he brought another presence to our defense, an elevation in our ability to find the open man.
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Right now he seems so stable and consistent. Tonight he probably made eight, 10, 11, 12 difficult saves, but it's hard to pick them out because he's in position, he's in position early and he's making the stops.