Philadelphia Flyers

It is now official, the Buffalo Sabres have been eliminated from the playoff race this season.

The Buffalo Sabres have struck another trade deadline deal; trading away veteran Erik Johnson.

With their win the Flyers move past the Sabres in the standings, dropping Buffalo into 12th place.

Robin Lehner turned in another great game at home stopping 33 shots and the players the Sabres depend on to score, did.

Even with only 20 shots on goal, the Sabres had some golden opportunities, but just couldn't put the puck in the net. They gave a good effort, but didn't get the results.

The Philadelphia Flyers- Pittsburgh Penguins series has been the most entertaining of the first round of the NHL playoffs. The Flyers have set the stage to  bust out the brooms tomorrow night against their cross-state rivals. While Claude Giroux has been the best player,it was Danny Briere who changed the complexion of this series. With the Flyers facing a 3-0 first period deficit in Game 1, Brier

He's no Brad Richards, but Ville Leino is another solid acquistion for the Buffalo Sabres, who made yet another move just one day into the free agent period. The signing leaves the Sabres about $5 million under the cap, so a move for Richards is unlikely unless the team sheds some salary. One could argue that the Sabres overpaid for the forward who's only scored 30 goals in the NHL and the player

It wasn't even close. The Buffalo Sabres folded when it meant the most, losing Game Seven 5-2 and adding a 40th year of heartbreak for the fans. You might say this series actually ended Sunday when the Sabres gave up two, two goal leads in Game Six. It had to be hard to have any confidence that you could beat the Flyers after leaving it all on the ice Easter Sunday and still losing.

Since the beginning of time the Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers and always settled the odds with putting up the fists! Check out some brawls from back in the day!

I love hockey and I love hockey hits! It's part of the game. But, sometimes there are hits that just scream penalty! The hit yesterday, that Mike Richards, of the Flyers, delivered to Tim Connolly, of the Sabres, was enough to take Connolly out of the game, and potentially the season! He should have been suspended, but the league once again decided not to take action on a head hit, and Richards wi