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...
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.
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.
extra happen second took
We made a lot of things happen real slow. We always took the extra second to shoot.
plays pressure pull run speed stop
It still comes down to a speed game. You're not going to have a lot of time, especially on the rush, to stop up and make a lot of plays because that back pressure is going to run you over. So it'll be interesting in that sense. He still has to skate. You can't pull up and stickhandle.
number special talented team
This is the most talented team that I've coached. You can see it in the special teams, you can see it in the number of points.
fatigue game giving worry
I thought about giving him another start, but I thought there was fatigue in Marty's game and, with fatigue, you worry about getting hurt.
call owner somewhere
I think in the end, the right owner got the team. Somewhere in there, you've got to call it lucky.
improved throughout year
He improved throughout the whole year and was a gamebreaker for them.
bitter game hell start
I thought we did a hell of a job. From the start of the game to the bitter end, the desperation was there.
compared danny faster game happening ways
I thought Danny was OK. Compared to practice, things are happening faster out there. As the game went on he got better, but he still has a ways to go.
lines stick
I think that we're getting there, ... Those are two lines that could stick for a while.
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.
coming create guys playing sitting staring
You don't want to create undue pressure, but the pressure's coming from the guys that are playing around him, ... I don't think if you were sitting there staring at the stats you would feel comfortable.
explain free ride
He just got a free ride on the whole play. I can't explain it and nobody's going to be able to explain it to me.