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...
advantage good player team winds
But complications are good. It may not be good for the player who winds up not playing, but it's an advantage for the team as a whole.
advantage created easy minutes penalty scoreboard spent
If you look at their penalty killing and hours, if you look at the minutes that were spent in that situation, they created an advantage in play and an advantage on the scoreboard so it's pretty easy for us to find the place where we need to improve.
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.
bombarded pleased stood
We have to be pleased with his play. He got bombarded and he stood in.
prudent whenever wise
Whenever it's around the eye, I think it prudent and wise that all cautions should be taken.
compared front handle net physical quick team teams
We're not a big team compared to other teams in the NHL, but we are a quick team and I think we can handle our own in the physical areas, in front of the net and in the corners, ... I don't see us being disadvantaged in size.
brought foresee hard months
We didn't foresee that 18 months later, he'd be our No. 1 goalie. We brought him here to be the back-up, but he has got to where he is through hard work.
contract gave last remain since summer
We gave Jose a three-year contract last summer with the idea that he was going to remain with us. Since then, things changed.
guy job needed saw
We saw the job was too big for one guy and (Huet) needed some help.
clear ready
We've been pretty clear with the players. When you're ready to play, you have to play. If you're not ready to play, you can't play.
good
We're hot, and it's good that we are.
both clean decided easy fight goal moments players recognize teams
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.
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.