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...
finished game yesterday
He finished the game with it, but after the game it started to swell up, and yesterday it got even worse.
category further sent
That one right there is in the concussion category already. He wasn't doing well even at the end of the game, and we've sent him for further examination.
initial
The initial thought is, it shouldn't need surgery.
blow last minutes suffer
In the last two minutes of the first period, that's as big of a blow that you can suffer when you are in your building.
further games intensity lots prepare types
There's lots of intensity in those games. Those types of games prepare you for going even further on.
finally gives good gotten job longest plays power streak unit
It was probably our longest streak of the year. We've had some good power plays that haven't gotten the job done, so when you finally get that one it gives your unit a lot of confidence.
caught reduced size took
He said it actually caught him where they reduced the size of the blocker, where they took some of the padding away. It's just unfortunate.
coached talented team
I think this is the most talented team that I've coached here.
awesome building energy fans game late reaction
I thought it was awesome just to get back in the building and get the game day preparation going and the reaction from the fans. Once the fans got into it late in the second, you could feel the energy in the building.
deserved execution minutes passing poorly seen seven
The first seven minutes was as poorly as I've seen us play in a while. Our execution, our passing . . . we weren't crisp. We weren't alert. We deserved what we got.
execution finish lose mistakes plays strong
Execution wasn't our strong suit. We made enough mistakes to lose it, and didn't finish enough plays to win.
frustrated great line lines pick three
The great thing about our team, and has been all year, is that when one line is getting frustrated there's two or three other lines there to pick us up.
type win
It's the type of win you have to muster up with the injuries.
frame length looking operation time
It's the same time frame as J.P., the two-month range. We're looking at the same operation and the same length of recovery.