Re: Menin Aeide Thea—A Buffalo Sabres Dynasty
The Buffalo Sabres reached back for something extra to help them reach forward for a little more.
They came back, for the second time in these playoffs, from near elimination, and, this time, won 3 straight games to eliminate the New York Rangers.
And they did it together: the guy who'd played 12 games in the regular season—he scored a couple of key goals, the guy who'd been a third liner—he was arguably the most valuable Sabre, the guy who had disappeared had suddenly, emphatically reappeared.
The first is Johan Larsson. While he didn't score in the Sabres' series clinching 4-2 win, he did score a key first period goal in game 6. As he had in game 1. And game 6 the first series. Larsson has played on the 4th line for every single one of the Sabres' playoff games, and he couldn't be happier.
The second is Luke Adam. Adam has 8 points in 14 games, well past his career average, and all of them seem to have been key points. He scored in the first Game 7, and he had an assist in this one. He even played defense for two shifts when two Sabres' defensemen were in the box.
The third—and for this game the most important—is Drew Stafford. Nowhere to be found in the Sabres' first 12 playoff games, he scored 2 key goals in Game 6 and repeated the feat in Game 7. Stafford scored the first goal, and then he scored the winner, a power-play deflection in the third (Matt Moulson added Buffalo's last goal).
With a team effort, that's how Buffalo got here. With a team effort, Buffalo will move past here.
Conference Finals: versus Detroit Red Wings.
Do You Believe in Miracles? Yes!!
The Buffalo Sabres reached back for something extra to help them reach forward for a little more.
They came back, for the second time in these playoffs, from near elimination, and, this time, won 3 straight games to eliminate the New York Rangers.
And they did it together: the guy who'd played 12 games in the regular season—he scored a couple of key goals, the guy who'd been a third liner—he was arguably the most valuable Sabre, the guy who had disappeared had suddenly, emphatically reappeared.
The first is Johan Larsson. While he didn't score in the Sabres' series clinching 4-2 win, he did score a key first period goal in game 6. As he had in game 1. And game 6 the first series. Larsson has played on the 4th line for every single one of the Sabres' playoff games, and he couldn't be happier.
The second is Luke Adam. Adam has 8 points in 14 games, well past his career average, and all of them seem to have been key points. He scored in the first Game 7, and he had an assist in this one. He even played defense for two shifts when two Sabres' defensemen were in the box.
The third—and for this game the most important—is Drew Stafford. Nowhere to be found in the Sabres' first 12 playoff games, he scored 2 key goals in Game 6 and repeated the feat in Game 7. Stafford scored the first goal, and then he scored the winner, a power-play deflection in the third (Matt Moulson added Buffalo's last goal).
With a team effort, that's how Buffalo got here. With a team effort, Buffalo will move past here.
Conference Finals: versus Detroit Red Wings.
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