Managing the club through a tenuous ownership phase under the financially dubious George Gillett, Gainey has stood firm.He cleaned house after the Canadiens were shellacked in the first round by the hated Boston Bruins, sending familiar faces like Kovalev, Koivu, and Komisarek packing.
Taking an objective view ofmontreal canadiens jersey Bob Gainey’s tenure as General Manager since his accession to the post in May 2003 indicates the pessimists may be misguided.
Gainey gambled on theboston bruins jersey signings of three players: Scott Gomez, Brian Gionta, and Michael Cammalleri, to re-launch the Canadiens.
Whereas the team he inherited missed the playoffs four out of the five previous seasons, Gainey’s Canadiens have gone to the dance four of five times, winning the Eastern Conference Championship in 2008, their first regular season title since 1992.
While the media vultures and the fan base lambasted them as "The Smurfs", Bob Gainey saw something in these men that made them worthy of wearing the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge. And that is, that physical stature has nothing to do with the heart that makes a champion.
When the intransigent Guychicago blackhawks jersey Carbonneau "lost the room" last season, Gainey made the painful decision to fire his long time friend, a man he had groomed for the post of head coach.
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