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...
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.
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.
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.
victim
Jose was a victim of an unfortunate accident, and we all feel for him.
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.
again exposed join morning next rather skated sooner step team
He skated again this morning and the next step is for him to join the team and be exposed to some rough-and-tumble play. I think that's sooner rather than later.
cost key mistakes otherwise
We made one or two key mistakes that cost us. That's the story of the game, because otherwise it was pretty even out there.
control
Ottawa, as they were in Ottawa, were really in control in the first period.
team
He will be unavailable to our team for an undetermined period.
ability brought elevation goal happened open presence score third
He happened to score the goal in the third period, which is terrific, but I think he brought another presence to our defense, an elevation in our ability to find the open man.
coming feels possibly
He was possibly coming back in (Monday) night, but didn't really feel like it. He feels better today, so we'll see (Wednesday).