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An inside look at one team's push to the playoffs

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Monday, March 24, 2008

PHILADELPHIA -- Trying to figure out what it's like to be in the middle of a life-and-death playoff push is like stepping into the middle of an animated conversation. You're not quite sure when the conversation started, you're not sure when it will end or how, but it sure is fun listening in. And so it was over Easter weekend in Philadelphia as the Flyers continued their desperate bid to hang on to a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Thursday Before the Flyers take the ice at Wachovia ...

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