00:00change in demeanor or approach from him under Jarmo Kekalainen starting this season as opposed
00:06to Kevin Adams this time last season. We've had a little bit of a training camp, these off-season
00:10workouts. Lindy is a guy that you know, and we've known, and not a lot can surprise you,
00:18but even from a nuanced standpoint, Paul, as somebody who's covered him no more than you have,
00:26uh where do you what do you see from him on September 29th? More hardcore because his
00:34message to the team, and I heard it, they filmed it and put it out on social media, and his
00:40message
00:40to the media that what he told his team and what is going to be happening is you're not just
00:47picking
00:48up where you left off. That's not how this works. Last year was great. I hope everybody enjoyed it,
00:54and today is day one. You have to start all over again. You don't just pick up. You have a
00:59different
00:59team. You know, you don't just pick up, and he understands now, and you guys both know,
01:06teams came in here basically laughing at the Buffalo Sabres. It's like, eh, we're not going to get hit.
01:12You know, it's going to be an easy game. Maybe we can go about 80 percent, and we'll still beat
01:16them
01:17by three goals, and they'll give up, and you know, nobody's going to hit us, and we can take advantage
01:23of their players, and we can slap them around, and no, but we won't have to pay for that or
01:29anything
01:29like that, so, you know, but that changed last year by a lot. The last team to believe it was
01:35Tampa Bay. I think other teams are starting to come in here and respect the Buffalo Sabres.
01:40Tampa Bay came in here in February, and basically we're still laughing at the Buffalo Sabres. That
01:44ended when the Buffalo Sabres stood up to them and pretty much initiated everything,
01:51and I think Tampa Bay finally decided, you know what? These guys are for real, and it's not going
01:56to be an easy game when you come in here anymore, and they're going to compete, and they're going
02:01to hit us, and they're going to show up when we try to take advantage of their players in a
02:06group.
02:06They're going to show up, so Lindy Ruff knows that the rest of the league knows they won the division
02:13last year. They know it's not going to be an easy game, and they're going to act accordingly
02:18when they get here, and that's kind of what Lindy Ruff's demeanor is. It's just more
02:22hardcore that, guys, if you think you worked hard last year to break the drought and get
02:27in the playoffs, wait until you see the work you're going to have to put in this year just
02:30to stay there.
