(WGR 550) -- There are positive and negatives to most situations, but Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff lists no vagueries as to why his team is struggling.
"We just haven't been quite good enough in every area of the game," Ruff said.
The Sabres have lost four-in-a-row heading into Tuesday's home contest versus the Bruins, and are 2-7-1 in their last 10 games. Ruff joined The Howard Simon Show as part of his weekly 8 a.m. Tuesday appearance and talked about the need for players to do something out of character to rally their teammates, like a player who doesn't normally block shots laying out in front of a puck, or a non-physical player making a big hit.
He was then asked about Drew Stafford's Saturday fight with R.J. Umberger.
"That is a sign that's enough's enough," Ruff said. "You've gotta pull your chin up. Don't walk around and feel sorry for yourself. That was a great sign. 'Don't try pushing me around. We're already down a little bit and enough's enough.' As soon as the rest of the team grabs a hold of that -- that isn't a talking effort -- you'll see this team get rolling again."
The coach also pointed to his offensive players as guys who aren't playing to their potential.
"When you look at our Top Six, we still need a little more," Ruff said. "The Roys, Vaneks, Staffords, Pominville, Connolly, the likes of those guys. If they make a difference on a night-to-night basis, we've seen the results."
Ruff also talked about the Olympics, Ryan Miller's workload and more. You'll be able to hear that conversation in our Audio Vault.
As for Tuesday's opponents, the Bruins' 3-0 Sunday win over Montreal was their first since mid-January. Overall, Boston is 2-9-4 since January 7.
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