"Put down the pen, put away the cheque book. This one's on us," said Chris Phillips, co-owner of a Buffalo-area pizza store, who plans to donate 10 per cent of every sale toward what he called, The [Lindy Ruff] Fine Fund. "I know Lindy's got the means to pay.

"Nothing's finalized yet," [Darcy Tucker] said. "Things have been progressing in the right direction."

"Before the all-star break, (Wade Redden) was playing great," [Bryan Murray] said Monday. "I think since then he hasn't been quite as sharp. He came to see me. I didn't call him in or anything like that."