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...
timetable
It'll probably be a day or two before we know the timetable for him.
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.
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.
chances create hung offensive positive possession power reward scoring though time ultimate
Our power play hung in there. Even though we didn't get the ultimate reward of a goal, we had possession time in the offensive zone, we had shots, we had scoring chances. If they're working at it and doing the things you need to do to create chances but not scoring, it's still positive for your team.
access capable period proven time
I think he's proven over a long period of time that he's capable of that. We were able to access that part of his play.
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.
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.
checking hope looking scores teams
You see the scores while checking the penalties, but you hope the other teams are looking at your score.
team
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.
attractive clear early goals opening played pursuit situation tonight
I wouldn't say desperation was our situation tonight early in the game, it was more I think a really clear and attractive pursuit of the goals that we want, and that's the way we played in the opening 20 minutes.
explain sure
I don't have any details. And if I did know anything, I'm not sure I would know how to explain it to you.
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.
closer good potential
I think we have some good players, but we have to get closer to our potential.