Bob Gainey Quotes on Time (8 Quotes)

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.

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.

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.

That may change, but right now we're at the time of the year when playing games, results and standings are what's important.

The information is that he was improving, that his vision was clearing up. Blood was dispersing, but there were still parts inside his eye that the doctors could not see and that still needed time.

We're not talking in terms of winning the series we're talking about taking each game one at a time.

I think it was the right reaction to the moment. We paid a price, but it wasn't too costly this time.

I don't think it's reasonable for him to be skating and feeling the way he would need to for next Tuesday. But five or six days after that, which is a pretty big chunk of time, is the window that the doctors are talking about.