Let’s Go Sabres

It’s play­off time for the NHL, (though you’d never know it here in Boston), and I am loving what I see in my Buf­falo Sabres. They’re up 2-0 in the best-of-seven series with the Flyers, after a bril­liant double-​overtime win Sat­ur­day, and an 8-2 rout last night.

Best moment thus far was Buffalo’s Brian Campbell’s clean hit of Philly’s RJ Umberger, in game 1:

I do feel bad for the guy, and I’m not cheer­ing for injury. But that is just great play­off hockey, and a big reason why Buf­falo is up 2 games to none. And, Philly seems to be coming unglued. One Buf­falo colum­nist com­pares Philly Coach Hitch­cock to Con­fed­er­ate Gen­eral Pickett:

You remem­ber Pick­ett? He was the gen­eral ordered to march his troops uphill through open fields on the final day of the Battle of Get­tys­burg. Union sol­diers, strung across Ceme­tery Ridge, picked them off in droves. The Con­fed­er­ates never had a chance.

The Flyers might as well come out for Game Three dressed in gray and whistlin’ Dixie. They’re no match for the team they are up against. Speed is the Sabres hill, their posi­tion of supe­ri­or­ity, and Philly lacks the artillery to mount a mean­ing­ful counter.

Let’s not get cocky now… TV cov­er­age is spotty, but you can check out Game 4 on April 28 @ 10:00pm ET, on OLN.