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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The other night we had lots of great scoring chances and we didn't complete them, but tonight the scoring chances were minimized so we'll be looking for ways to penetrate the defenses of Carolina and to get some of our players participating and getting some results on the Carolina side of center ice.
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We've got seven games before the break and five of them are at home so we need to go home and make some hay.
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We only thought about the player and his talents and his ability to win a match,
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With the Expos no longer in existence and him needing a home, I think the Montreal Canadiens and Youppi! will fit nicely together.
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We'll have to look to our reserves for help.
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Well, I don't think looking solely at our four games with them is really a good indicator. We'll have to play like we've played in some of the stretches since the Olympic break. If we get that kind of play then we're going to be a good competitive team.
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We have to be pleased with his play. He got bombarded and he stood in.
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We have to push back so that we're moving up the standings by putting points on the board, rather than the other direction.
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We want an exciting team, a quick team, a fast team, a puck-moving, skating, attacking team, and to do that you need to put players in place who have those skills.
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Whenever it's around the eye, I think it prudent and wise that all cautions should be taken.
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We're not a big team compared to other teams in the NHL, but we are a quick team and I think we can handle our own in the physical areas, in front of the net and in the corners, ... I don't see us being disadvantaged in size.
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We made one or two key mistakes that cost us. That's the story of the game, because otherwise it was pretty even out there.
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We had created a small space for ourselves between seventh and ninth place. When I added things up in my mind, it wasn't instinct, it wasn't gut feeling. It just seemed like the right thing to do given our schedule.
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We don't have the luxury of being far enough ahead in the playoff race to be able to find positives when we don't win. The results overwhelm everything else.