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.
against dropped good minutes playing respect team understanding
We're playing against a good team, and I don't think we ever dropped our understanding of that or respect for their team. We know that they're a good team and that we're going to have to play as well as we can for as many minutes as we can.
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.
against battle good lead minutes playing playoff respect took
We were playing against a good team. We have respect for them. We have to play as well as we can and for as many minutes as we can. We took a lead and had to battle for it. It was a good playoff game.
happy playing skated wire
We're happy to be playing and we skated right down to the wire to get into the playoffs.
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.
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.
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.
age coming group large players
We have a large group of players who are coming to an age of maturity.
break five games home seven
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.