Bob Gainey

July 13, 2006   Montreal Canadiens   340 views

There is one way to measure the impact thus far Bob has had on the Habs. It should be obvious that under his watch the team has significantly improved. Bob took over the team in may 2003, and has only had 2 working seasons with which to place his mark. One only has to look at what he inherited compared to what he has today.

THEN: NOW:

Koivu………. Koivu

Ryder……… Ryder

Ribeiro……… Ribeiro

Zednik……… Kovalev

Bulis………. Samsonov

Dagenais……… Johnson

Perreault………. Bonk

Audette………. Higgins

Juneau……… Perezhogin

Dackell……… Plekanec

Ward……… Begin

Sundstrom……… Murray

Kilger……….. Downey

Souray…….. Souray

Markov……… Markov

Rivet………. Rivet

Bouillon…….. Bouillon

Brisebois……. Komisarek

Quintal………. Dandenault

Dykhuis…….. Streit

Traverse……….. Cote

Theodore……….. Huet

Garon………….. Abeischer

The team now is much improved. Bob knows what he is doing. The Habs are a playoff team, and as the Oilers demonstrated in the playoffs, it doesn’t matter where you are seeded because anything can happen.