Physicality is a good way to describe the playoffs. All the teams that advance in the playoffs have that ' physicality ' ( sorry Ink ) as an element of their game. The teams that can't handle the ' physicality ' quickly fall out of the playoffs. The Sabres are so far away from the level the elite teams play at during the playoffs. One day...
And before someone says it I know that ' physicality ' is just one element that is required along with skill, depth, heart etc. but every year when the playoffs start there is a huge separation between the teams playing in the ' show ' and our team on the sidelines. And skill isn't the only missing element.