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Sabres Head Coach Lindy Ruff explains why he's broken up the Quinn-Ostlund-Benson line, and emphasizes that "No player should be happy" with how things have started for the Sabres.

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00:00Breaking up that Benson, Oslin, Quinn line,
00:03is that something that you felt like you kind of had to do at this point
00:06despite the fact that they had really played well since even before the season?
00:10Just more about, what, getting another line going, basically?
00:13Yeah, it's more about trying to find a second and a third line
00:20that can maybe chip in on a consistent basis.
00:22I think that line has played great.
00:25Quinn has taken advantage of the opportunities in every game.
00:29It's two or three great opportunities you've been able to create,
00:32but maybe by taking a piece off there,
00:36we can generate better opportunities on another line,
00:39probably no different than what we did.
00:42When you look at the game six we had in Montreal last year
00:48where we switched the lines around,
00:51and all of a sudden we scored seven or eight goals,
00:53whatever we scored in the game.
00:56We're looking for that spark.
00:57But our level of play has to get a lot more consistent.
01:02I'm not happy.
01:03There's not a player that should be happy with how it's gone with our game so far.
01:09There's a part that you've got to take and hold yourself accountable for,
01:15and that's every time you step on the ice against that group of five you're playing against.
01:20And I know the other teams are trying to win the ship,
01:24but at the same time we've got to win more than the other team to be a consistent team.
01:28There's a part that you've got to win.
01:28There's a part that you've got to win.
01:28There's a part that you've got to win.

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