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| 8th February, 2010 - 5:50 pm |  NHL.com - With just one week left before the Olympic break and a little more than three weeks before the trade deadline, the Montreal Canadiens are experiencing a major shift at the top with the resignation of Executive Vice President and General Manager Bob Gainey.
Gainey announced he was leaving his positions effective immediately at a press conference Monday afternoon at Bell Centre, saying he is not prepared to give the Canadiens a long-term commitment.
Pierre Gauthier, who was Gainey's assistant, will take over as Executive V.P and GM, Canadiens President Pierre Boivin announced. Gainey will stay on in a special advisory role to Gauthier, who is the 16th general manager in franchise history.
Gainey said he realized around the holidays, shortly after the Canadiens Centennial Celebration was complete, that he didn't have the desire to stay on for the long term. He has spent the last couple months working on an exit strategy with Boivin.
"I believe the general manager position requires a long-term vision and a long-term commitment," Gainey said in his opening statements. "At this point I'm not prepared to make a commitment of four, five or six more years in this position. The decision between leaving a little too early or staying a little too long, between those two choices I prefer to leave early. I've done my best and now it's time for me to pass the torch." [READ] |
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