You have to be kidding me!!!

[LABillsFan]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2433598

[SpillerThrills]

what a cry A$$!!!! next thing you know he's gonna blame Esche and old age!

[Bill Brasky]

yeah, injuries gave up 15 goals in 2 games.

what an idiot.

[YardRat]

Clarke's always been a crybaby...all the way back to his playing days.

[LABillsFan]

I just couldn't believe how he could ignore the fact that they just got out worked, classed and were much better prepared for the style of play. But then again, his team has been ousted by the Sabres the last few times and in a dominant fashion that he's probably still bitter.

[PUCKER]

Imbecile. :violin:

[SabreEleven]

The Sabres had no injures during the season or playoffs either, I guess :rolleyes:

[painpiljunkie]

Here's what Hitchcock and some players had to say...

Hitchcock:

"Shocked," he told a throng of reporters. "It was over so quick. It was bang, bang, bang. Everybody was in shock.

About game 6:

"The air went out completely. The deflation was unbelievable." Hitchcock added he'd never experienced a throttling like that in such a crucial situation.

Players:

"Definitely losing in the first round, there's nothing positive you can take out of that," Flyers forward Mike Knuble (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1296) said... When you don't deliver, you question yourself as a player and what you could have done better and what you need to work on."


"We were a lot more inconsistent than they were," Flyers defenseman Denis Gauthier (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1647) said. "The bottom line is they were a lot more consistent in their game plan. They stuck to it a lot better."


"Yeah, we had high hopes. And I came in here thinking I had a chance to win a Cup and I'm truly disappointed this is not happening," said Gauthier

Hatcher described the night as "the most embarrassing of his career."

The Sabres on winning the series:



Daniel Briere (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1737) said he thinks the crucial moment in the series was in Game 1, when Buffalo won in double overtime after Philadelphia came back to tie the score in regulation.

"I think that's when we went, 'Wow, we have something special,'" said Briere, who had an assist Tuesday and has nine points in the playoffs.

He credited coach Lindy Ruff for helping keep the team on an even keel after the series was tied at two games each.

"It would have been kind of easy to drop everything and let it go," Briere said.

Instead, the Sabres outscored the Flyers 10-1 in the final two games of the series.
"We took advantage of every break we got," Ruff said. "We made sure we got them down when we had the opportunity."

[TheGhostofJimKelly]

"We were a lot more inconsistent than they were," Flyers defenseman Denis Gauthier said. "The bottom line is they were a lot more consistent in their game plan. They stuck to it a lot better."

This is my favorite line. Gauthier was the most consistent Flyer, consistent at sucking.


How about this Clarke, The Sabres were a better team.

[LABillsFan]

Listening to Ruff's post game comments he said, we took advantage of the breaks they gave us, errr every break we got. I thought that was a good shot.