319 Quotes by Lindy Ruff

We played them pretty even for most of the game. But our execution was not very good.

It still comes down to a speed game. You're not going to have a lot of time, especially on the rush, to stop up and make a lot of plays because that back pressure is going to run you over. So it'll be interesting in that sense. He still has to skate. You can't pull up and stickhandle.

It's the type of win you have to muster up with the injuries.

When you're going after somebody's head, you've got intent to hurt. Don't tell me the knee is accidental after that. He knew exactly what he was doing, and should pay a price for it.

It's the one area we've really been working on. We did a much better job tonight, and we needed it to win the game.

We had to take advantage of a club with depleted defense. To finish the year with a win like this, this is a real good win for us.

It makes for an interesting three days. You can have a lot of emotion spill over. Really, it's going to feel like the start of a playoff series, and not that often do you get that situation in our league.

We wanted to go on the playoffs on a roll. This was a big game for them (Carolina). We knew they'd be fired up. Our challenge was to keep the shifts short and make sure we could maintain a good pace in the game. Our puck movement was excellent, we skated real well and took advantage of several turnovers.

We're working on a bigger thing for the playoffs and this is painful. But I think we're close now.