Ruff went on to speak about Allen after finally meeting him. The praise was huge. “That’s the game our players need to play,” Ruff said. Lindy Ruff wants the Sabres to play hockey the way Josh Allen plays football.

In his first TV interview since he accepted the head coaching job in late April, Ruff sat down with 7 Sports to discuss his plans for the Buffalo Sabres this upcoming season.

Lindy Ruff is ready to get his second stint as the Sabres' coach started. At the end of the 2023-24 season, the Buffalo Sabres parted ways with Don Granato. Shortly after, they brought back Lindy Ruff as their head coach, and now the longtime bench boss has the big task of getting the Sabres back to being a playoff team.

The Buffalo hockey brethren of the Bills, the Sabres, had their presence felt at minicamp. The Bills wrapped their spring practices last week with the mandatory workouts. Lindy Ruff, who was recently re-hired as the head coach of the Sabres, was at Bills practice with Kevyn Adams–general manager of the Sabres.