319 Quotes by Lindy Ruff

We've warned our guys. He's a guy that you can burn, but he can hurt you if you don't have your wits about you when he's on the ice because he's going to come running, and if you're not ready for it . . . I've seen some tremendous hits out of him this year.

The great thing about our team, and has been all year, is that when one line is getting frustrated there's two or three other lines there to pick us up.

When you see a guy hit his head that hard, you're worried about one thing: a concussion. But he had nothing along that line.

A lot of mannerisms remind me of his dad, kind of the way he skates and the fact he's a real smart player. He really thinks the game well.

We were a shadow of ourselves. I couldn't find one forward I liked tonight.

The game was won on the power-play goal when you consider the way the game was going, with not a lot of chances.

This was as good a game as I've seen us put together from an offensive standpoint and defensive standpoint.

The first seven minutes was as poorly as I've seen us play in a while. Our execution, our passing . . . we weren't crisp. We weren't alert. We deserved what we got.

We really feel we've got a hidden gem if we can get him back to that level that he was at the end of '03-04. I'm confident that we can get him there.