‘“The deal with Tim is he had one practice (actually two) before he went in and played,” said Ruff, who’s confident Connolly can catch up. “I question conditioning, but we knew that going in. … Playoff intensity is a lot tougher than regular season. … The pace, he’s going to have to catch up, and catch up fast,” he said. “That means everything’s going to have to get shortened. I think what I saw was lack of playing time has really hurt him.”’