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...
battle kept tough types
Well, it's a tough goal. But we've been able to battle through those types of goals. I thought we just kept coming. We battled back...
momentum played power special teams threw
We played them pretty even for most of the game. But our power play struggled, and that threw a lot of momentum off because it was all special teams early.
execution played
We played them pretty even for most of the game. But our execution was not very good.
accidental exactly intent knee knew pay price
When you're going after somebody's head, you've got intent to hurt. Don't tell me the knee is accidental after that. He knew exactly what he was doing, and should pay a price for it.
advantage club depleted finish good win year
We had to take advantage of a club with depleted defense. To finish the year with a win like this, this is a real good win for us.
advantage challenge fired game good knew maintain movement pace playoffs puck several short skated sure took
We wanted to go on the playoffs on a roll. This was a big game for them (Carolina). We knew they'd be fired up. Our challenge was to keep the shifts short and make sure we could maintain a good pace in the game. Our puck movement was excellent, we skated real well and took advantage of several turnovers.
bigger close playoffs
We're working on a bigger thing for the playoffs and this is painful. But I think we're close now.
force gave lead mistakes style teams
With the style they play and the goaltender they got it's a very low-chance affair. The mistakes teams make they capitalize, and we gave them the lead right off the start. That let them play their style, and we didn't force them out of it.
bear control love narrow opponent possibilities round study
I would like to know who the first round opponent is, but I really have no preference. We can't control any of that. What I'd love is to narrow it down to one or two possibilities so we can bear down and study those teams.
evaluate goes gotta stuff tempo utilize
You have to evaluate as the tempo goes up, the combative stuff that we're doing. If there are no repercussions from that, then you gotta make decisions. How do you utilize him? How do you get him in?
couple lines played together
We haven't played for a couple years, so there's a couple lines I'd like to play together and see if there's still chemistry.
game needed skated trouble
Our game was back where we needed it. We really skated well. They had trouble with our speed.
definitely execution
We are definitely disappointed. Our execution wasn't very good.
contact ran situation strength tampa until
When we put him in contact situation and we ran him through some drills in Tampa Bay, he didn't do so well. The strength isn't there yet. We're not going to put him in until he's in a situation where he doesn't feel like he's handicapped.