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Phil Sheridan became an Inquirer sports columnist after covering the Eagles for seven years. He brings a seasoned and reasoned point of view to a landscape of frustrated fans. But Sheridan knows where they're coming from, being a Philadelphia native and a graduate of Temple University.
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Phil Sheridan: Forget what you thought you knew about hockey. This first-round series between the Buffalo Sabres and the Flyers is defying common wisdom and occasionally the laws of physics.
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Phil SheridanFlyers sorely miss Pronger
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Phil Sheridan: O Pronger, where art thou? It is the question the Flyers will be asking themselves all offseason if Chris Pronger does not swoop in from the injured list and lead the team to two wins against the Sabres.
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Phil SheridanFlyers have three goalies, no answers
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Phil Sheridan: Overtime. Michael Leighton in that same net. You were expecting a different outcome? Tyler Ennis' game-winning goal didn't end the Flyers' Stanley Cup dreams, not the way Patrick Kane's did last June. But it might as well have.
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Phil SheridanSabres get better of nasty play
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Phil Sheridan: Not so long ago, Sabres coach Lindy Ruff was lamenting that the big, bad Flyers were playing too rough. Now, it's the Flyers complaining.
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Phil SheridanBriere the villain in Buffalo
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Phil Sheridan: Danny Briere, who scored one of the most memorable goals in Sabres history, was shown on the big scoreboard screen at HSBC Arena on Monday. He was rather loudly booed.
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Phil SheridanFlyers calm amid Buffalo’s circus
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Phil Sheridan: In Game 3, every time the Sabres slipped on a banana peel, one of the more experienced Flyers was there to pounce on the puck and turn the mistake into a goal.
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Phil SheridanWhy Laviolette should play Bobrovsky
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Phil Sheridan: The opinion here is the same: Coach Peter Laviolette should stick with Sergei Bobrovsky for at least one more game. Bobrovsky remains the team's best hope to get playoff-hot.
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Phil SheridanFlyers face goalie questions
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Phil Sheridan: A team with championship aspirations for most of the season is suddenly faced with the issue that has undone this franchise too many times. In just the second game of the Stanley Cup tournament, the goalie was benched.
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Phil SheridanSabres goalie ruins Flyers' effort
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Phil Sheridan: The Flyers outskated and outshot the Sabres for two frantic periods. They won most of the battles along the boards, they dominated the puck, they had the Sabres defensemen looking uneasy. They did not score.
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Phil SheridanRoles are reversed for Flyers
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Phil Sheridan: The Flyers were a great story in the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs. This year, they will have to try being a great team, instead. The role of gritty underdog, backing into the playoffs facing waves of adversity? It has been recast.
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Phil SheridanFlyers need Pronger to make run
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Phil Sheridan: The Flyers are capable of beating the Sabres without Chris Pronger. But can they go all the way without him? Based on all available evidence, no.
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