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...
glaring
I thought we made some critical, glaring mistakes.
accomplish box disrupted five minutes nails power second six toe trying
They had a power play five or six minutes in that really disrupted what we were trying to accomplish in the first period. In the second period, we were in the box five times I think for anything from clipping toe nails to anything else they were calling.
access capable period proven time
I think he's proven over a long period of time that he's capable of that. We were able to access that part of his play.
affect game outcome
It was an important game and it could affect the outcome of the season.
couple early game goals hard mark outcome period shock team tonight
Once we got down a couple of goals I think we went into shock and at that point, really the game tonight was over. Our team stumbled hard early in the game, and really by the 5-minute mark of the first period the outcome of the game was established.
easy games goals hide
One-goal games are easy to hide behind. One-goal games are two goals away from winning, and that's a lot in the NHL.
anyone best message protect sent
The best person to protect anyone is himself. That's the message he sent - don't mess with me because I'll protect myself.
close fun game ice quite
I hadn't been close to the ice for a game in quite a while. It was a fun game to be a part of.
needed net ready time
Right now, every time he plays, it's like a challenge. He was well rested, he was ready and he needed to be because his counterpart in the other net was also sharp.
anyone game guys looking players room sheet team wondering
I didn't see anyone looking and wondering if someone was going to show up out of the blue. It's part of their lives. Players are in and players are out all through the season. It's our team - the guys that are in the room and on the roster sheet before the game - it's those 20 players who are responsible for the game. It's not the guys who aren't there.
chunk days doctors feeling five next reasonable six skating talking window
I don't think it's reasonable for him to be skating and feeling the way he would need to for next Tuesday. But five or six days after that, which is a pretty big chunk of time, is the window that the doctors are talking about.
anxiety character nervous normal seen suffer
Something that we've seen in Cristobal in his normal character is that he isn't nervous or suffer from anxiety.
fair gives guy responsibility step team time until
I'm the one who's responsible and this gives time for Guy to get comfortable with the team and the players. It's more fair for myself to step in and take responsibility until the end of the season.
committed needed player stumbling team
Our team was stumbling and bumbling and we didn't have a player really who was committed to doing what they needed to do.