Why did the Philadelphia Flyers move on to the second round leaving the Buffalo Sabres and fans with, as Tyler Ennis puts it, "the worst feeling ever?"
You can dissect it all you want: the Flyers were stronger up-front, more experienced, lucky with goaltending switches, spent more money, Kate Smith, etc. Any and all may have contributed to the four games to three series victory over the Sabres.
But the reason that they came out on top can be summed up by Danny Briere, "...it doesn’t matter who has the puck, you are going through them."
Briere was talking about his ties to the Buffalo Sabres, his former team. He's still friends with a number of players, including Ryan Miller, and said it was "probably one of the toughest series I had to go through." Adding, "It's no secret, in the playoffs there are no friends."
Class act, Mr. Briere. On a side note, he also pointed out that there's no animosity towards anyone presently in the organization, because "the people that didn't want me [are] gone."
One more quote from Briere, he was talking about the Sabres not being able to win Game-6 at home to finish off the Flyers. He said, "That was probably a good lesson for them."
Why the Philadelphia Flyers won is because their team, as a whole, know that the Stanley Cup playoffs are about "going through" opponents. No friends, no mercy.
Valuable lesson indeed.
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