Lindy Ruff said NJD can’t win games playing like that. He said 50/50 battles and willingness to get to pucks was not there early on. He said it wasn’t scheme. It was will.

He said Bratt/Sharangovich weren’t good enough on the walls/in puck battles but they weren’t alone.

— Corey Masisak (@cmasisak22) October 27, 2021