Sabresfansince1980 wrote:
Ther have been a few players that played better after leaving Buffalo, but there's plenty more that still stunk or left the league after leaving as well. Here's what Ruff does that might stifle some players...he plays everybody in about equal time at both ends. Many coaches give certain players/lines off. zone face-offs or def. zone face-offs, putting them in the situations they are best suited for. Ruff forces everyone to pull equal duty, aside from special teams or last minute situations.
Either some coaches get the best out of their players talents by putting them out in specific situations, but don't expand their games...or some coaches like Ruff expand his players' games but at the expense of possibly getting less out of their best talents.
IMO, Ruff's approach should be limited to young and still developing players. After they reach that "developed" status (subjective for every player I suppose, depending on how much they can/will learn) maybe it's best to just use them in the situations they are best at for the good of the team.
My list of players that sucked after they left Buffalo:
Derek Plante
Miroslav Satan
Alexei Zhitnik
Curtis Brown
Brian Holzinger
Dixon Ward
Jason Dawe
Jason Woolley
Darryl Shannon
Chris Drury
Ales Kotalik
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