Lindy Ruff Team Quotations

With the new rules he's going to score. Still, I'll take some of the grind and some of the front-of-the-net play that we have in our guys, and I think it's just made us a deeper, stronger team in that sense.

From my understanding, nobody in our organization is involved. I haven't been given a lot of information, but there has been no indication that someone on our team is involved.

I thought when the game was on the line we were the better team on a night when a lot of weird things happened.

I think this is the most talented team that I've coached here.

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.

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.

I thought it was great idea, just to give the fans a wave and just a sign that it's been the team all year, and it really was the team as the first star tonight.

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.

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.

We're a team that goes after it. We're going to play our style. It's all about what we want to do and get them to try to defend us.

We have to continue to grind away. The energy level of our team isn't great. We're mucking through it.

Every game we play, every team we play, we've talked that teams are gunning for us. The first 15 minutes they may not even try to score. They're saying, 'Let's not turn the puck over, let's not give them any chances.' You notice teams aren't taking any penalties early in the game.

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.

This is the most talented team that I've coached. You can see it in the special teams, you can see it in the number of points.

I told the guys in there that this is a hell of an accomplishment, something they can be proud of. When you win on the road, it shows you have a team that competes night and night out.

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.

It's been the one team that has really handled us fairly easily. There's no disguising that. We need to make a statement.

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.

It was a great team effort. Marty made the big saves when we needed them, and I thought we had some great support around him. Overall, that was as good a game as we've played all year long.

After the second period we talked about that to be a good team we had to find ways to get back into games like this. And at the end of the night we deserved to win.

If you looked at it, you could say our team lacked regular-season experience going into the year. Our strength has been our youth. At odd times it has cost us, but it's definitely served us very well.

I think all of a sudden there is some stability. Tom stepped in and said he's going to keep the team in western New York and that he's going to try to make it a viable proposition here. There was a lot of speculation that if there was no ownership the team may leave. And I don't think that's one thing this area can afford.

He's sore. . . . Could he play? I think if it was a do-or-die situation, we may take the chance. But we need a healthy team weeks from now, not right now.

He's a player now that is a lot more determined to be good in all areas of the ice. He really wants to be part of the big team picture and be counted on in important situations, not just the flashy offense. He wants the nod in the key situations where he thinks now that he can make a difference.

You believe you can make it every year. You don't think it's going to end. But the reality is that most teams, you end up in, you end up out.