Lindy Ruff
Lindy Ruff
Lindy Cameron Ruffis a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. Ruff is the current head coach for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. During his playing career, Ruff played in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers. Ruff was previously the head coach of the Sabres from 1997 to 2013 and won the Jack Adams Award as Coach of the Year in 2006...
along guy head hit worried
When you see a guy hit his head that hard, you're worried about one thing: a concussion. But he had nothing along that line.
forward liked shadow
We were a shadow of ourselves. I couldn't find one forward I liked tonight.
best good indication player plays role seen small start wonder work
When you take what was your best player out of the lineup for a long time, you start to wonder how it's going to work when he comes back. I think we've seen a good indication what it's done for our team, offensively ... He's small in stature, but big when it comes to the role he plays on the team.
difference guys
We're not going to play out of fear. Those guys can make a difference, and they've made a difference all year.
bench everybody hide saw stick
We benched him and his stick at the same time. Everybody on our bench saw it. You can't hide that.
fortunate found game push room
We're fortunate to come out of here with two points, but it's a game we found a way to win. That room always responds. You know when you push them what you're going to get.
grind rules stronger team
With the new rules he's going to score. Still, I'll take some of the grind and some of the front-of-the-net play that we have in our guys, and I think it's just made us a deeper, stronger team in that sense.
endure gonna hurry pain sacrifice work
We're in no hurry to get them in the lineup to sacrifice their health. We're gonna work our way through this, and if we have to endure a little more pain we'll endure a little more pain.
control message quality sent shown ton
We've shown a ton of grit, a ton of character. We didn't have a lot of quality chances, but we got in control play. We sent a message that we were going to come, we were going to be relentless.
five last offensive three turned won zone
We've won three of our last five now. They've kind of turned the corner. Our play, our tempo, our offensive zone play is back.
confident gem hidden level
We really feel we've got a hidden gem if we can get him back to that level that he was at the end of '03-04. I'm confident that we can get him there.
defensive game good offensive seen standpoint together
This was as good a game as I've seen us put together from an offensive standpoint and defensive standpoint.
extra happen second took
We made a lot of things happen real slow. We always took the extra second to shoot.
We're concerned. The first thing is his health.