319 Quotes by Lindy Ruff

There's eight, nine teams that have dealt with more than us. We've dealt with our share, and I think most teams will continue to deal with it. It's how you get through it that counts.

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

At certain times, he's trying to do too much with the puck. He finished the season as our leading scorer. He wants dearly to be the guy that's being counted on. Through that, he's tried to make plays that turned into individual plays. It's nothing more than that.

I would like to know who the first round opponent is, but I really have no preference. We can't control any of that. What I'd love is to narrow it down to one or two possibilities so we can bear down and study those teams.

You have to evaluate as the tempo goes up, the combative stuff that we're doing. If there are no repercussions from that, then you gotta make decisions. How do you utilize him? How do you get him in?

A big trade like that gave them a lot of momentum right off the bat. I thought they were pretty fired up.

The more they acted like idiots, the more we wanted to play. But we took advantage of some early plays, and they were great plays, but nothing to go down that road.

We'll continue to play the way we have been, rolling all four lines and keeping the same guys in the lineup. We want to be in a position where we go into the playoffs with a bit of momentum.

It's a big hit. He's a game-breaker and we're going to miss him.