'I'm ready for the playoffs now,' says LeClair [6:12 AM]
Allentown Morning Call reports: '"I feel a lot more comfortable now than I did two weeks ago," LeClair said Monday at the Flyers' Voorhees, N.J., practice facility. "Everything is getting better, and that's good news. I'm ready for the playoffs now."'

Flyers embrace underdog label [6:10 AM]
Press of Atlantic City reports: 'Their Stanley Cup aspirations are more like a dream. Winning the first round might be about as good an accomplishment as anyone could expect.'

Flyers visit Web for edge vs. Buffalo [6:09 AM]
Press of Atlantic City reports: '"When you lose four times to a team, it gets into your head,'' Tocchet said. "He's a veteran, and he's just trying to inspire his team. You can't blame him. But it's good for our bulletin board. Maybe it works for them. Hopefully, we can make it work for us."'

Sabres hold crash course on how to beat Cechmanek [6:08 AM]
AP reports: 'Cechmanek has allowed just two goals on 102 shots by Buffalo, and beat the Sabres in all four regular-season meetings.'

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Counting the ways of a wonderful season [5:08 PM]
The Sabres Edge reports: Savor the year you have seen, Sabres' fans. Just because it would take another miracle on ice to get by the Flyers should not prevent us from appreciating the Sabres' accomplishments and their promise for the future.

Sabres need to topple Roman Empire [4:20 PM]
Buffalo Hockey Report reports: 'Can the Sabres beat the Flyers? Absolutley. What they will have to do is to fire the puck from all angles, make sure they challenge Philadelphia's larger defensemen in front to screen him and create traffic, and avoid shooting with a Flyer defenseman charging, as they are very adept at blocking shots.'

Sabres - Flyers Preview [4:18 PM]
Sabres Online reports: '...the series will be over in no more than six games, and the Sabres will be on to the second round of the playoffs again to start what this year should be a bit more than a little run.'

From bad to worse in the flick of a stick [1:36 PM]
The Sabres Edge reports: Dominik Hasek not even waiting for the playoffs to choke is the worst possible sign that this postseason could be a very short one.

Sabres ready to hit road for opener [9:28 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Flyers coach Bill Barber didn't seem particularly enthralled with home-ice advantage. Not that he won't take it. "I don't know if there's any edge," Barber said. "You still have to win games on the road. That's the bottom line when you get into playoff hockey. For a team to be successful you have to find ways to win. "Home-ice advantage - we have it. What does it mean? I don't know."'

Flyers wield psychological edge over Sabres [9:26 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'So that's where the Buffalo Sabres find themselves, with the postseason upon them and the Flyers in possession of their heads. The Sabres failed on Sunday to dent Cechmanek's mystique. They failed to achieve the goal their own netminder, Dominik Hasek, established at the beginning of the season: home ice in the first round of the playoffs.'

Ruff declines a 'C' change for postseason [9:25 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'The Buffalo Sabres coach has officially decided not to name anyone team captain for the postseason.'

NHL's 2nd season boosts Sabres' bottom line [9:25 AM]
Business First of Buffalo reports: '... there seems an uneasiness throughout Sabre land that this hockey season will come to another crashing if not disappointing halt at a minimum of four games and a maximum of seven.'

Flyers earn home-ice advantage with tough win over Buffalo [9:24 AM]
Philadelphia Inquirer reports: 'Tight checking. Low scoring. Solid goaltending. That's the ticket to this NHL matchup between the two teams when the Eastern Conference quarterfinals open Wednesday at the First Union Center.'

Clarke expects a tight-checking playoff series [9:23 AM]
Philadelphia Inquirer reports: 'What kind of playoff series can the Flyers expect from the Buffalo Sabres? Flyers general manager Bob Clarke didn't have to think long to answer. "It's going to be tight checking," Clarke said yesterday at the HSBC Arena. "You can never predict these things, but when you have the top two goalies in the league, you figure it's going to be low scoring. . . . The teams are pretty evenly matched."'

No place like home [9:21 AM]
Philadelphia Daily News reports: 'Now, instead of having to travel back to Buffalo, the Flyers will open the playoffs at the First Union Center on Wednesday. It will be the fifth time in seven years the two teams have met in the postseason. In the previous four series, the Flyers eliminated Buffalo three times.'

Flyers secure home-ice edge against Sabres [9:20 AM]
phillyBurbs.com reports: 'No team has ever beaten Hasek four times in one season, let alone one goaltender. It capped two days of inspired hockey that will go down as some of the best in recent Flyers history.'

Goaltending key factor in playoffs [9:19 AM]
phillyBurbs.com reports: 'There's no getting around it. Playoff series often come down to goaltending, and in the upcoming matchup between the Flyers and Buffalo Sabres, the scoreboard (so far) reads: Roman Cechmanek 4, Dominik Hasek 0. If that trend continues, the Flyers might dispatch the Sabres quicker than the five games it took last year.'

Cechmanek has Czech this time [9:18 AM]
Delaware County Times reports: 'The Flyers saw a vision yesterday of their pending playoff opponent, and it looked a lot like the ghosts of playoffs past. If a 2-1 conquest of Buffalo was a preview of their first-round playoff series with the Sabres, the Flyers have every reason to feel as secure as they did prior to their just-passed seven-game slide, and as confident as any team would be that beat the Sabres in three of four playoff meetings over the prior six years.'

Without Lindros or Peca, series takes different look [9:16 AM]
Delaware County Times reports: 'But the Flyers-Sabres first-round playoff series that commences at First Union Center Wednesday night should be defined by the matchup of goaltenders, Czech national teammates Roman Cechmanek and Dominik Hasek. What it will miss the most, however, is the battle at center that used to exist between Canadian countrymen Eric Lindros and Michael Peca.'

For Flyers, Buffalo, playoffs are new season [9:15 AM]
Cherry Hill Courier Post reports: 'Sabres roughneck Rob Ray believes there is more pressure on the home team to win the first two games. "We're just going to go in there looking to split," he said. "Get one win and go home tied and that's a successful trip. That's why the pressure's on the home team. If the visiting team wins that first game, then you' re in big trouble."'

Flyers 2, Sabres 1 [9:13 AM]
AP reports: 'It's a challenge the Flyers appear to be up to, considering they've won five of six previous playoff series against the Sabres -- including a 4-1 series win last year -- and improved to 10-2-2 in their last 14 meetings, including the playoffs.'

Philadelphia 2, Buffalo 1 [9:12 AM]
Sportsticker reports: 'The way Roman Cechmanek has played against the Buffalo Sabres this season, it probably would not matter if the Philadelphia Flyers had home-ice advantage in their first-round playoff series.'

Flyers 2, Sabres 1 [9:06 AM]
Lets Go Flyers reports: 'Roman Cechmanek was absolutely phenomenal, stopping 36 shots to pick up a season series sweep against his countryman Dominik Hasek.'

Sabres-Flyers "Sharpening the Swords" [12:56 AM]
The Sabres Edge reports: It wouldn't be a surprise if the Sabres gave Flyers' rookie Roman Cechmanek the nickname of “Freddie” because, just like the movie ghoul, he has been popping up at different times of the regular season to give Buffalo nightmares.

Sabres-Flyers Scouting Report [12:16 PM]
The Sabres Edge reports: The sub-plot — and no insignificant one at that — is the Sabres trying to prove to themselves and the Flyers that they are capable of scoring on the rookie sensation Roman Cechmanek.

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