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...
five game goal greatly guys night skate stand
Every night it's highlight-reel goal after highlight-reel goal. You'll get to see probably five a night in our league. And the guys that can skate are the guys who stand out. I think the game has greatly improved.
advantage balanced built four games ice plays schedule team
Everybody's schedule is tough. I think we have one of the toughest. I don't know if there's another team that plays 17 games in 30 days. But I think the advantage we have built in is we've utilized four lines. We've been a pretty balanced team when it comes to ice time.
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.
adversity battle cards dealt last message tough until
They just never quit. They battle through adversity. The message is when you're dealt tough cards you give it your all and you go until the last whistle.
adversity battle resilience
They just never quit. They battle through adversity and don't quit. ... Again, we demonstrated a lot of resilience and made enough plays.
became bit capable energy fun players provided
They've provided energy we've needed. You look at our lineup, I thought we just became little bit stale. They've injected some energy, some enthusiasm, a willingness to do things other players aren't capable of doing, and they're having fun playing.
certain counted dearly finished guy individual leading plays season tried trying turned wants
At certain times, he's trying to do too much with the puck. He finished the season as our leading scorer. He wants dearly to be the guy that's being counted on. Through that, he's tried to make plays that turned into individual plays. It's nothing more than that.
fired gave momentum trade
A big trade like that gave them a lot of momentum right off the bat. I thought they were pretty fired up.
acted advantage early great took
The more they acted like idiots, the more we wanted to play. But we took advantage of some early plays, and they were great plays, but nothing to go down that road.
miss
It's a big hit. He's a game-breaker and we're going to miss him.
game goals miss scores
It's a big hit. Danny's a game breaker. He scores big goals at big times. We're going to miss him.
affect keeps reason seemed
It really hasn't seemed to affect him, so if he keeps going the way he has been, I don't see any reason to get him out there between games.
bad game great lose win
It's a great way to win a game and a real bad way to lose one.