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...
components creativity force key mike passing season skills vision
Mike Ribeiro demonstrated during the 2003-04 season how much of a force he can be. His creativity, his passing skills and his vision make him one of the key components of our offence.
happy playing skated wire
We're happy to be playing and we skated right down to the wire to get into the playoffs.
chances create hung offensive positive possession power reward scoring though time ultimate
Our power play hung in there. Even though we didn't get the ultimate reward of a goal, we had possession time in the offensive zone, we had shots, we had scoring chances. If they're working at it and doing the things you need to do to create chances but not scoring, it's still positive for your team.
control
Ottawa, as they were in Ottawa, were really in control in the first period.
game level raised
Markov raised his game to the level I thought he would.
chance lazy raise responsibility rid scoring shot soft team test total
I think our team has to concentrate on how to test (Carolina goalie Cam Ward.). Lets' raise the shot total, the scoring chance total and get rid of any lazy or soft play around him. Let's put more responsibility on the goalie to make more saves.
access capable period proven time
I think he's proven over a long period of time that he's capable of that. We were able to access that part of his play.
ahead eighth focusing jump players teams worried
My story for the players has been getting away from eighth and focusing on seventh. We are not worried about the Bruins because they have other teams to jump ahead of before they get to us.
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.
paid reaction
I think it was the right reaction to the moment. We paid a price, but it wasn't too costly this time.
bit direction enjoy fine last night people tomorrow toward turn
You have to enjoy when you win, that's part of the package. We will, at some point, kind of let go of last night and turn our direction toward tomorrow night. I think that's fine when people have a little bit of fun.
above shape today week
Where we are today, we're above that (playoff) line. We're in better shape today than we were a week ago.