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...
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Well, I don't think looking solely at our four games with them is really a good indicator. We'll have to play like we've played in some of the stretches since the Olympic break. If we get that kind of play then we're going to be a good competitive team.
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The other night we had lots of great scoring chances and we didn't complete them, but tonight the scoring chances were minimized so we'll be looking for ways to penetrate the defenses of Carolina and to get some of our players participating and getting some results on the Carolina side of center ice.
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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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You see the scores while checking the penalties, but you hope the other teams are looking at your score.
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I didn't see anyone looking and wondering if someone was going to show up out of the blue. It's part of their lives. Players are in and players are out all through the season. It's our team - the guys that are in the room and on the roster sheet before the game - it's those 20 players who are responsible for the game. It's not the guys who aren't there.
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We were playing against a good team. We have respect for them. We have to play as well as we can and for as many minutes as we can. We took a lead and had to battle for it. It was a good playoff game.
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We saw the job was too big for one guy and (Huet) needed some help.
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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.
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The way both teams are going, that's why you saw the game that we saw. It was important game and it could have effect the outcome of the season.
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Right now, we're in a playoff position and if we get some points in our final game, we're going to the playoffs. The other teams can't say that.
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Our team was stumbling and bumbling and we didn't have a player really who was committed to doing what they needed to do.
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We want an exciting team, a quick team, a fast team, a puck-moving, skating, attacking team, and to do that you need to put players in place who have those skills.
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The swelling has to diminish before the physicians can do all the necessary tests.
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We have a large group of players who are coming to an age of maturity.