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...
both effect game outcome saw teams
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.
final playoff points position teams
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.
committed needed player stumbling team
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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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.
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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.
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We have to recognize and appreciate the experience he's had with a very good team in Detroit over a long period of time, playing with great players in some of the best playoff competition, ... We have three young defencemen in Montreal (Mike Komisarek, Ron Hainsey and Andrei Markov) and his experience and knowledge will be an asset.
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I am the one with NHL head coaching experience and no one has followed this team as closely as I have since training camp. As of this point, I will take full responsibility as the head coach.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It was a great game. For us, the fact that we won makes the result great, but it was a great hockey game. 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.
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That power-play goal, the first goal we scored .... was a nice message for our team that we were in the game and skate with them.
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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.