More in Bob Gainey
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Elite Eight: The Best Defensive Forwards in Hockey History
To many, high scoring, firewagon hockey carries the highest degree of entertainment. While others, this author included, prefer the bite-your-nails-to-the-knuckle closeness of a hard fought, tactically masterful, defensive battle. Though...
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Lockout Benefits: Texas Stars Edition
The promise of a fresh CBA has kickstarted a hockey player diaspora from the four corners of the earth back to the NHL, triggering the kind of migratory processing not...
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The Best NHL Lineup Ever: The Forwards
Part 1 – The Defensemen Part 2 – The Forwards Part 3 – The Goalies The NHL has a long and storied existence. Legendary teams, lines and players serve as...
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2007 NHL Draft: The 16 Defensemen Selected Before PK Subban
As a hockey fan, have you ever wondered what would have happened if your team had drafted a certain player instead of another? Like in 2000, when the New York...
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Quotes of the Week: Legendary Canadiens
This week, a short collection of quotes by and about some of the great Montreal Canadiens–and some of the greatest ever to play the game. The Rocket put me in...
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Dallas Stars Regroup in Offseason
After coming up short for a fourth-straight season, the Dallas Stars look to find their bearings during this offseason and gear-up for a playoff run in 2012-2013.
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Build your own team of former Montreal Canadiens players
Now that we’ve reached the yearly Christmas break hiatus, it’s an appropriate time to look at the Montreal Canadiens situation and wonder why things have turned out so badly for...
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Josh Gorges Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Deep in the majestic mountains of Kelowna, British Columbia lives a humble giant. Twenty-six years old, prime of his career, rehabilitated knee, and passion for the game. Josh Gorges wakes...
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Book Review – Lone Star Skate
The Lone Star Skate: Improbable (But True) Stories of Texas’s Hockey Heroes By Glenn Hart and Rusty Burson. (2011, Austin, TX: Bridgeway Books. Hardcover. Pp. 180. $39.95 US. ISBN 978-1-934454-38-1)...
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Hard-Working Habs Have Heart and Soul
The trick in beating your opponents is by playing a more intense brand of hockey, something the Canadiens do regularly…
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The Montreal Canadiens 2010 Edition: A Year In Review
Here is a monthly breakdown of the Canadiens performance throughout the 2010 calendar year…
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Spotlight on Scott: Gomez Under Silent Pressure
Having recorded at least 58 points in each of his last 4 seasons, it’s not as though Montreal’s highest paid centerman isn’t a valuable or elite member of the roster, rather it’s the fact that there is a price to pay for the price he is paid.