Montreal Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey will step down from his post at a 4 p.m. news conference Monday. He's been in that capacity with the club since 2003. Gainey is a Montreal icon who played on the ice with the team for 16 seasons from 1973 to 1989, when he retired.
Montreal Canadiens GM Bob Gainey Steps Down
He will be succeeded by Pierre Gauthier who has been the Habs assistant general manager since 2006. He was the general manager in Ottawa from 1995 to 1998.
Listening to radio station CKAC this morning, french commentator Martin Maguire was speaking about the approaching trade deadline in regards to what the Canadiens would be doing in terms of their goaltending questions. Maguire had it on good sources that while Halak in the past been shopped, including very recently, that offers for him had not increased. However, Maguire pointed, offers for Carey Price were piling up.
This would be a conundrum leading to philosophical differences, one that would cause Gainey to step down.
Two scenarios: Gainey has traded goalies at this time of year, twice before. I do not think it unthinkable that at this point he would part with Price with the right offer on the table. As I see it, he was about to do one or the other, and the Molson family stepped in.
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