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...
playing
Playing our own end, we've been flat-out sloppy.
allow everybody goal heck hockey key playing problems saves starts tough win
Part of it is, you look at who's playing goal now. I think their problems have stemmed . . . Theodore's had a tough time. Everybody realizes he is a heck of a goalie, but he has struggled. It starts there. If you're not getting key saves or if you're not just getting the saves that allow you to win hockey games, it makes it tough on the team.
against coming monumental next opponent task team tough
Our opponent who is coming in here next has been very tough on us. We're going to rebound. Is it going to be Friday? I hope, but that's a monumental task against a team that's been going really well.
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.
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.
best came determined effort game ice needed period physical played start third tried
I thought they were our best line. I tried to get them more ice time. I thought they came out at the start of the third period and set the tone. They did what they needed to do. They put in a very determined effort and played a pretty smart, physical game for us.
bite chance
I thought that chance was going to come back to bite us, but it didn't.
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.
coached talented team
I think this is the most talented team that I've coached here.
game tried worse
That was probably the most embarrassing game I've been a part of. The more we tried to do things, the worse it got.
brought collapse guys kept low poor squeeze team triangle trying
That was disappointing, but we made some poor decisions. They brought their triangle in real low and we still kept trying to squeeze plays. When you see a team collapse as much as they did, it would have been better for our guys to shoot.
means tough
That's a tough loss. That means he won't play in the Olympics.
lines stick
I think that we're getting there, ... Those are two lines that could stick for a while.
against monumental task team
I think we're going to rebound. Will it be Friday? I hope, but it's a monumental task against a team that's going really well.