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...
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.
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.
confidence giving minutes periods putting stretch team trouble
It's important for the confidence of this team to know what we can go 20, 40, 50 minutes without giving up a goal. We went through a stretch where we had trouble putting consecutive periods together.
advantage backing great points sit strong time trying
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.
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.
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.
four games good looking olympic played since solely
Well, I don't think looking solely at our four games with them is really a good indicator. We'll have to play like we've played in some of the stretches since the Olympic break. If we get that kind of play then we're going to be a good competitive team.
reserves
We'll have to look to our reserves for help.