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...
ability gave good great offer puck taste vision
Andre, I'm just getting to know him but I think he has a lot to offer and he has a good vision of the ice, great ability with the puck and he gave us a taste of it tonight. We'd like to see more.
determination final florida game great hopefully involved terrific until
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.
timetable
It'll probably be a day or two before we know the timetable for him.
alex depth difficult experience player players replace style younger
It's difficult to replace a player on your first line. ... We have other players with the same style of depth and experience as Alex and it's up to those younger players to take his place.
affect game outcome
It was an important game and it could affect the outcome of the season.
playing results time year
That may change, but right now we're at the time of the year when playing games, results and standings are what's important.
game goal message nice skate team
That power-play goal, the first goal we scored .... was a nice message for our team that we were in the game and skate with them.
bigger piece production
It's nice. But it's just a piece of the bigger production that we're in.
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It was a great game. For us, the fact that we won makes the result great, but it was a great hockey game. Both teams had their moments where they had to fight from behind and it was decided by a good, clean goal in overtime. It's very easy to recognize the will of the players on both teams to play with everything in the tank.
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It's come at a great time. We've been trying to take advantage of it by not backing off or being complacent. At this time of year, where we sit in our conference, those are really strong points for us.
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If you look at their penalty killing and hours, if you look at the minutes that were spent in that situation, they created an advantage in play and an advantage on the scoreboard so it's pretty easy for us to find the place where we need to improve.
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Taking the point after being behind two goals is a pretty good result for us.
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It's terrific. It's good for the fans in both cities. It's good for the players on both teams. It's a traditional and natural rivalry that has a lot at stake.
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But complications are good. It may not be good for the player who winds up not playing, but it's an advantage for the team as a whole.