Round 3? Hecht, yes!
First, let me just say thanks to both teams for giving us such an entertaining series (okay, the last two games). Neither goaltender played his best game today, but both teams were so good (the Rangers power play was fantastic and the Sabres offense acted like, well, their offense) that it made for some very exciting hockey. Some of Buffalo's better regular season players (like Hecht and Afinogenov) finally looked like themselves toward the end of this series, while some of the others (like Drury, Kalinin, and Campbell) continued to be their reliable, steady selves. As for the Rangers fans...what great hockey fans...the salute that they gave their team and the very deserving Lundqvist in particular at the end of this series was so genuine and appreciative.
Next up is Round 3 with the Sens, one of the very best teams right now. They have a history with Buffalo and the teams do not like each other -
Ottawa dominated the regular season, but the Sens have struggled with Buffalo in previous playoffs. It will be a wonderful, awful, exciting, scary series -- no question about it.
GO SABRES
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