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...
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.
knee seen took
Suspend him. Get him out of the game. He went after his head. He took his knee out. I've seen enough of him. It's a joke.
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.
guy hits hurt ice ready seen tremendous warned wits
We've warned our guys. He's a guy that you can burn, but he can hurt you if you don't have your wits about you when he's on the ice because he's going to come running, and if you're not ready for it . . . I've seen some tremendous hits out of him this year.
against almost asked case chose few games happened hold instead last league level near occasions past players playing point practicing seen several staying
I've asked him on several occasions to go and play, more for just staying ready. Instead of practicing here, go play. But that's happened in the past where players have chose not to go. I don't hold that against them. They almost feel that practicing at this level is better than playing at the American League level. I've seen a few American League games and it isn't near what it was last year. So there may be a case in point for that.
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.
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.
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.
chances gotten guys last liability punishing purpose scoring served
I thought we got what we needed. We've gotten scoring chances out of them, they haven't been a liability when they've been on the ice, and they've had some punishing hits. Those guys have really served their purpose the last two games.
bite chance
I thought that chance was going to come back to bite us, but it didn't.
coached talented team
I think this is the most talented team that I've coached here.
beat believes guy room
I think every guy in that room believes we can beat them.
guys heads held last points proud
Our guys have done an unbelievable job. To get 16 of our last 18 points is something to be proud of. Their heads should be held high.
guys looked punched sweat upstairs
Our guys upstairs said right away that it looked like he punched it in but I still think you have to sweat it out because you never know what's going to happen.