According to a recent poll, 83% of Canadiens fans support Bob Gainey. Further to that, 63% believe that he is one of the 10-best GMs in the NHL. I, for one, have to agree. This is the man that built the Dallas Stars. If there is any knock on him, it that sometimes, he's too patient...
As an example, over the course of the last off-season, Gainey could have signed Shanahan. Shanahan himself said he wanted to be a Hab and that he was "this close" to signing with them. Admittedly, there were other factors that prevented this, but had Gainey acted a bit quicker... Well, who knows?
So while Gainey meticulously scoured the UFA market for talent to help his team, those that were available were being snapped up. So that left Gainey to make some rash decisions. Niinimaa and Samsonov were huge, expensive busts. Maybe that's an argument to remain patient, but there has to be some kind of middle ground.
As for head coach Guy Carbonneau, he also has the support of fans. 90% per cent of those polled want to see him back behind the bench coaching the team for the 2007-08 season. I'm on the fence here. I have yet to be convinced by Carbo. I like him and I think he is a fantastic assistant coach. But as a coach, I just haven't seen it yet.
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