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...
deserve determined difference encourage guys hard playing push room somebody
You really do get that feeling. Those guys in that room deserve a lot of credit. They push each other. They encourage each other. They're hard on each other at times. But they like playing with each other. Those guys are determined to have somebody make a difference every night.
case extra hard himself time trying
He's in a battle. But in Tim's case he's really matured. He put the extra time in to get himself bigger, stronger. It really is about his career, and I think he's trying real hard to resurrect it.
harder involved looking pushing start
J.P.'s looking real good. I like the way he's skating. We're going to start pushing him harder and harder, get him involved in more stuff.
benefit fans hard seen
I think we've seen the benefit of how we play, and the fans have come back. They like how we play and how hard we work, and it's just something you want to keep going.
cautious easy hard maybe player pull qualms scenario worked
Maybe another player would have called it a day already, but he worked hard and had no qualms about getting back in there again. Some players, it would be an easy scenario to pull back. He's not that cautious guy.
hard hitter mark runs
His mark is he's a hard hitter and runs over people. He's just been out there doing it, and you have to give him credit.
decided hard mentality needed playing tested work year
He had a whole year that tested his mentality playing the game. He decided he needed to work out hard and become stronger.
bit hard
I think he's pressing a bit little right now, but I really like how hard he's working, where he's skating, where he's going,
lifts psyche
I think it would've been a very big disappointment if we didn't win. You don't know what (a loss) would've done to the psyche of a young team. But to win, that lifts everybody.
until
He just doesn't feel right. Until we get him through that, he won't be skating.
contact mean program resume severe time week
He's been put on the concussion program again, but the first one was so severe I think the program may go longer. There's no set time on when he can be back or when he can even resume practice. Symptom-free for a week doesn't necessarily mean he can have contact again. That could take weeks.
bite chance
I thought that chance was going to come back to bite us, but it didn't.
conversation
He wasn't out, but he wasn't there. I had a conversation with him and it was more like a conversation with myself.
couple few knocked ran
He was noticed. He ran over a few bodies. He knocked Fitzpatrick down a couple times.