Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff is an old-school motivator and one key Buffalo player learned that the hard way last season.
Jack Quinn scored just 15 goals in 74 appearances last season. It was underwhelming production for the Buffalo Sabres winger, who once looked like a future 30-goal scorer, and head coach Lindy Ruff wasn't afraid to deliver consistently blunt criticism.
The 2020 first-round draft pick still looked a stride or two slow throughout the 2024-25 campaign, which marked his first full year back after suffering a ruptured Achilles during the 2023 offseason, and he didn't get to the most dangerous areas of the ice on a regular basis.