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...
came gave
They came out hungry. They see where we're at in the standings, and they gave it all they had.
built defense mobile side
They built a bigger, not as mobile defense with a lot of reach. We're built on the smaller, speedier side in the back end, and that's really the only difference.
winning games like-you
It's north and south pole. When you win you feel great, but when you lose it, it's like you've lost 10 games in a row.
winning cups stanley-cup
I'd rather have a 16, as in Stanley Cup playoff wins.
team believe reality
You believe you can make it every year. You don't think it's going to end. But the reality is that most teams, you end up in, you end up out.
games quit winning work
You can't get much hotter. We work hard, we don't quit and we're winning games in a lot of different ways.
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.
initial
The initial thought is, it shouldn't need surgery.
believe guys quit
These guys just believe in themselves. There's no quit in them.
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.
dad fact game remind skates smart thinks
A lot of mannerisms remind me of his dad, kind of the way he skates and the fact he's a real smart player. He really thinks the game well.
days game good shape
The days off weren't good for him. We're going to get him ready. We're going to play him into game shape if we have to.
good math until
The math has been really good for us until tonight.
consider game goal won
The game was won on the power-play goal when you consider the way the game was going, with not a lot of chances.