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...
afford might totally
I don't think they can afford it, first of all, to get back in the series. I think you might be surprised. It just might be totally the other way.
serious
He's not well. I'd put him in the serious category. He wasn't doing well, even at the end of the game.
angry good guys
He's got a lot of guys angry at him, and that's a good thing,
chances five four himself odds pressure
He's in on four or five chances every night. The odds right there aren't where they should be because he doesn't need that many chances. I think he's put a little pressure on himself to get the first marker on the board.
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.
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.
challenges far surprised tells
It just tells you how far we've come through different challenges and problems. I think we've surprised a lot of people.
guys quality quit tells
It just tells you about the quality of guys we got, and that there is no quit in us.
bit change guys instant lines playing seemed spark stale
It seemed like the lines had a little bit of instant chemistry. Sometimes you go a little bit stale with the guys you're playing with, and just a change sometimes, that'll spark players.
game heck
It was a heck of a goal. It's part of what the game is about today, and it was tremendous.
days game good shape
The days off weren't good for him. We're going to get him ready. We're going to play him into game shape if we have to.
good math until
The math has been really good for us until tonight.
focus team
I've got to focus on my team and how I want them to play and that's where it's all going to lie. I was emotional, he was emotional. I'm over it.
consider game goal won
The game was won on the power-play goal when you consider the way the game was going, with not a lot of chances.