98 Quotes by Bob Gainey

It's important for the confidence of this team to know what we can go 20, 40, 50 minutes without giving up a goal. We went through a stretch where we had trouble putting consecutive periods together.

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.

It'll probably be a day or two before we know the timetable for him.

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.

It was an important game and it could affect the outcome of the season.

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.

They kept us off balance through most of the game, through three or four power plays. We're certainly not tight in our team play.

The intensity in those Toronto games was very high and it took a lot out of us.

I hadn't been close to the ice for a game in quite a while. It was a fun game to be a part of.