Lindy Ruff Tough Quotations

That's a tough loss. That means he won't play in the Olympics.

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.

The road's been a pretty tough place for most of the teams in this league. We just want to continue to push and continue to win these road games.

It's what our team's been about. It's a willingness for every individual to get dirty, every guy to take it to the hole and not have too many days off. Every guy has a tough night, but don't keep repeating it. He doesn't. He's a scrappy little skater. He's maintained a very high level of skating throughout the year. It's probably been his biggest asset.

Typically, they're a very tough defensive team to play against. We'd like to make sure to get the lead and get the ball in their court to play our game.

It would be tough to stand here and explain to you guys how they had our number if we had lost tonight.

It would've been tough to stand here and explain to you guys why they had our number if we would've lost again. It's satisfying.

I don't think we're going to blow anyone out of the water, but I think we can hang tough with the best of them.

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...

Any goaltender loves to play for his country, but I fully understand. I know how tough those decisions are. Don didn't know about the recovery process or how long it was going to take. He had to make a decision.

That part has got to better. They've had some tough times. We've been able to overcome some of those times. Right now, we haven't been able to, but we got to be able to support them better at times like this too. That's it for me, thanks.

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.

As a team we've gotta be better. That part's gotta be better, too. They've had some tough times. We've been able to overcome some of those times. Right now we haven't.

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.

We want to keep them both ready, but it's a tough situation going into the playoffs trying to play both.