The Montreal Canadiens general manager (Bob Gainey) made no moves today, as he already made moves because he already made moves in the previous two weeks."We weren't out kicking tires," Gainey said. "I think it's a message to our players, a vote of confidence for the players that we have, that many of them that have been sidelined with injuries or were not having the seasons they hoped for, that now is the time to get there.We weren't anxious to move players." When Gainy was asked: Why didn't the players that wanted to be moved be moved? He simply responded:"The player who asked if they could be moved found no takers among the 29 other clubs." He said. Mathieu Dandenault( who asked Gainey to be traded),will sit the rest of the season in the dog house.
Two weeks ago, he sent two draft picks to Atlanta for 39-year-old Mathieu Schneider to help out the Canadiens powerplay.Last week, Gainey picked up Glen Metropolit on waivers from Philadelphia to add a center to take Lang's place until his return. They also trade Begin to the Stars for Janik. Gainey had no intention of add any more players today."We feel we have good depth at each of the positions - in goal, on defence and with our forwards," Gainey said. "I think the crisis we went through where we were losing a string of games may have been part of the motivation to make changes earlier rather than later.We've got some results from those moves that have taken us out of that and now we're on the other side, we're winning games."
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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