SabreSpace

'"I'm in a different role here in Buffalo, and I'm enjoying that role," he said. "I'm trying to find a niche here, and I'd like to stay in one spot as long as possible. It's part of the business that players get moved, but I feel really settled here. I feel grounded. I'm just having fun with this team, and I think we can go a … [Read more...] about An older, wiser Gratton relishes his role with Buffalo

'The vim and vigor the Flyers exhibited before exiting last year's Stanley Cup playoffs just one win shy of the final round were gone. It was obliterated by a six-game Eastern Conference quarterfinals series loss that was punctuated by the worst defeat ever suffered in the postseason by Philadelphia.' … [Read more...] about Flyers must face tough questions after bitter exit

'There is also the matter of skill. The Ottawa Senators have too many skill players and not enough grit; the Flyers are the exact opposite. They work too hard for goals and could use another player with skillful, soft hands and a pair of quick feet.' … [Read more...] about Flyers need more quality centers and defensemen

'All the hard work, all the admirable effort to overcome injuries and adversity got washed away in the most lopsided playoff defeat in team history.' … [Read more...] about Embarrassed Flyers are sent packing

'Asked what went wrong for this disaster 10 years after, Clarke said, "I guess we didn't score nine goals." … [Read more...] about Sabres put emphatic end to Flyers’ season

'Either way, this loss certainly would seem to signal an end of an era for the Flyers. It doesn't seem too long ago that LeClair and a mate named Eric were a "Legion of Doom" that promised a bright future in Philadelphia. Six years later, the nickname haunts.' … [Read more...] about Blowout may have been LeClair’s farewell

'"They came at us, had us reeling right from the beginning," Flyers center Keith Primeau said.' … [Read more...] about Flyers' playoff hopes come to a quick end

'But after missing nearly all of the past regular season because of a back injury that led to surgery and a staph infection, it's uncertain how much interest LeClair will draw from other teams. He already reportedly had turned down at least one Flyers' offer of more than $8.5 million for another season.' … [Read more...] about Where does LeClair go from here?

'Outhit, outhustled, outskated and out-and-out embarrassed, the Flyers suffered the most lopsided playoff loss in franchise history at the gleeful hands of the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6 of the NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.' … [Read more...] about Embarrassing loss ends Flyers' season

'LeClair's fuzzy future fits the Flyers. He doesn't know if he's coming back, and they don't know if they're going forward.' … [Read more...] about When smoke clears, LeClair's, team's future cloudy

'The Philadelphia Flyers brought their "A" game to Buffalo on Saturday. As in awful. Or maybe it was their "B" game, as in brutal. No, it was really their "E" game, as in embarrassing.' … [Read more...] about Sabres eliminate Flyers in Game 6 with 8-goal rout

'LeClair will become an unrestricted free agent this summer, and it is reasonable to believe the next contract he signs will be with another NHL club after seven seasons with the Flyers.' … [Read more...] about LeClair ponders his Flyers’ future

'"This was a must-win for us," said Dominik Hasek, who stopped 24 shots, only a handful of them threatening, for the shutout. "There's no way we wanted to go back to their building, the way the officiating is."' … [Read more...] about Flyers crushed in Buffalo stampede

'But Clarke could have made the greatest trade in NHL history and it wouldn't have helped in yesterday's humiliating 8-0 disaster against the Sabres.' … [Read more...] about Lindros saga pales next to this humiliation

'"I have no answers. They just took the game to us from the beginning and didn't stop."' … [Read more...] about Flyers cut to ribbons