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...
both fans good natural players rivalry
It's terrific. It's good for the fans in both cities. It's good for the players on both teams. It's a traditional and natural rivalry that has a lot at stake.
create degree less specific tested trying whatever
It's less about specific things with him as it is us trying to create more opportunities. To whatever degree we've tested him, we haven't tested him enough.
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.
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It was a great game. For us, the fact that we won makes the result great, but it was a great hockey game. Both teams had their moments where they had to fight from behind and it was decided by a good, clean goal in overtime. It's very easy to recognize the will of the players on both teams to play with everything in the tank.
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.
anyone best message protect sent
The best person to protect anyone is himself. That's the message he sent - don't mess with me because I'll protect myself.
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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.
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It's a small piece of the bigger production, and one game is not an indicator.
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It was a terrific game to be involved in and hopefully it was a great game for the fans. You could see that kind of determination in Florida right until the final buzzer.
behind goals good point result taking
Taking the point after being behind two goals is a pretty good result for us.
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.