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...
checking hope looking scores teams
You see the scores while checking the penalties, but you hope the other teams are looking at your score.
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He will be unavailable to our team for an undetermined period.
confidence earn player position teammates wants
He doesn't look like a player who wants to give up his position to anybody. You have to earn the confidence of your teammates and he has done that for a while.
accident condition final heel help hope soon team time victim
Jose was a victim of an unfortunate accident and we all feel for him. He will get on with his rehabilitation as soon as the condition of his heel allows him to do so. We hope to have him back in time to help the team down the final stretch.
cylinders early either lead looking recipe rhythm seems series taking team works
It seems taking a lead is an important part of a recipe that works most often. Early in the series will be a place either team will be looking for an advantage. It's about getting into that rhythm where all cylinders are firing.
final playoff points position teams
Right now, we're in a playoff position and if we get some points in our final game, we're going to the playoffs. The other teams can't say that.
balance certainly four kept power team three tight
They kept us off balance through most of the game, through three or four power plays. We're certainly not tight in our team play.
ahead eighth focusing jump players teams worried
My story for the players has been getting away from eighth and focusing on seventh. We are not worried about the Bruins because they have other teams to jump ahead of before they get to us.
chance lazy raise responsibility rid scoring shot soft team test total
I think our team has to concentrate on how to test (Carolina goalie Cam Ward.). Lets' raise the shot total, the scoring chance total and get rid of any lazy or soft play around him. Let's put more responsibility on the goalie to make more saves.
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.
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.
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.
closely coaching experience followed full head responsibility since team training
I am the one with NHL head coaching experience and no one has followed this team as closely as I have since training camp. As of this point, I will take full responsibility as the head coach.