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Sabres Turn it Around with Defense
by Alanah McGinley on 02/05/09 at 07:42 PM ET
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From Pierre LeBrun at ESPN (h/t to Sabres Insider):
Coach Lindy Ruff was more blunt: The trap is back.
“Most teams now have four, five guys back,” Ruff said. “It’s a 1-4 now. They’re lining up, a five-man group in the neutral zone.”
So the Sabres also felt the need to tighten up. But hey, let’s not get carried away here. The Sabres remain a skilled and entertaining team, underlined most recently by a 10-2 drubbing of the Edmonton Oilers. But if there’s an overwhelming reason for Buffalo’s turnaround, it is that Ruff has finally gotten through to his players about defensive awareness after pounding them with the message since training camp.
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