Sabers move on to Eastern Conference Finals

After beating the NY Rangers in 6 hard fought games the Buffalo Sabers move onto face the Ottawa Senators for the Eastern Conference finals.

After a stalled offense for games two, three and most of four the Sabers offense came back solve the Rangers' defense. The key was the Sabers coach Lindy Ruff and his assistants Brian McCutcheon and James Patrick striving for solutions to beat the Rangers' defense.

The Sabers will have their hands full with the Senators in the finals. There are also many story lines and much bad blood between these teams.

First, you have the Sabers taking out the number 1 seed Senators in a five game second round series during the playoffs last season.

Second, the blindside check on Sabers' co-captain Chris Drury by Ottawa's Chris Neil that left Drury with a concussion and forced him to miss four games. The check turned into a bench clearing brawl.

So, you can see these two teams really do not like each other, as evidenced by another article about the hatred between these two clubs.

So as we get ready for this series here is an opinion article that speaks of the coaching job Lindy Ruff has done since being in Buffalo.