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...
guy job needed saw
We saw the job was too big for one guy and (Huet) needed some help.
chance good needed playing streak
We're playing about as good as we could, really. We've needed that kind of streak to give us a chance to be in the playoffs.
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.
areas difficult needed plays prominent puck send style toward
The style he plays with was the prominent style in this game. We needed to go into the difficult areas to get the puck and send it toward the net.
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.
boiling drop grab guy needed pot reason warm water
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.
blood clearing doctors eye information inside needed parts vision
The information is that he was improving, that his vision was clearing up. Blood was dispersing, but there were still parts inside his eye that the doctors could not see and that still needed time.
glaring
I thought we made some critical, glaring mistakes.
closer good potential
I think we have some good players, but we have to get closer to our potential.
decision game nailed players start using
I think at some point, we're going to make a decision of who's going to start the first game of the playoffs. But let's get in the playoffs, we still don't have that nailed down. In the meantime, we're using all of our players to get us there.
paid reaction
I think it was the right reaction to the moment. We paid a price, but it wasn't too costly this time.
gives
It gives him the sense that we want him here.
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.
moving points push putting rather
We have to push back so that we're moving up the standings by putting points on the board, rather than the other direction.