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...
difficult early hard pick position seems stable tonight
Right now he seems so stable and consistent. Tonight he probably made eight, 10, 11, 12 difficult saves, but it's hard to pick them out because he's in position, he's in position early and he's making the stops.
again captured difficult gave level saves scoring seen team
We'd seen a different team during the season. But they captured their level of play again (once) they got a goalie in there that gave them the saves they needed. They made it a lot more difficult for us to get scoring chances.
areas difficult needed plays prominent puck send style toward
The style he plays with was the prominent style in this game. We needed to go into the difficult areas to get the puck and send it toward the net.
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.
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.