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...
appreciate best detroit experience good great knowledge montreal period players playing playoff recognize ron team three
We have to recognize and appreciate the experience he's had with a very good team in Detroit over a long period of time, playing with great players in some of the best playoff competition, ... We have three young defencemen in Montreal (Mike Komisarek, Ron Hainsey and Andrei Markov) and his experience and knowledge will be an asset.
attacking exciting fast players quick
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.
brought foresee hard months
We didn't foresee that 18 months later, he'd be our No. 1 goalie. We brought him here to be the back-up, but he has got to where he is through hard work.
prudent whenever wise
Whenever it's around the eye, I think it prudent and wise that all cautions should be taken.
compared front handle net physical quick team teams
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.
guy job needed saw
We saw the job was too big for one guy and (Huet) needed some help.
cost key mistakes otherwise
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.
added created given gut ninth ourselves seemed seventh small space
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.
ahead far luxury overwhelm playoff positives race results
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.
game taking talking terms winning
We're not talking in terms of winning the series; we're talking about taking each game one at a time.
happy playing skated wire
We're happy to be playing and we skated right down to the wire to get into the playoffs.