98 Quotes by Bob Gainey

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.

We have to be pleased with his play. He got bombarded and he stood in.

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.

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.

We're hot, and it's good that we are.

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.

We'll have to look to our reserves for help.

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.

We gave Jose a three-year contract last summer with the idea that he was going to remain with us. Since then, things changed.