KC Scouts Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 The Best ever. Will never forget his voice or the calls. They still send shivers up and down my spine when I hear them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 RIP RJ. You were the soundtrack to some great memories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallawaySabres Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 I feel like a part of my youth just passed 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 just blindsided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Buffalo Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 RIP Rick... always remember your voice from under my pillow with the radio so my parents didnt know as a kid listening to games. 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 RIP Rick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 A 2 year battle and he was still doing the road crew stuff last year? I’m so glad I was able to get to that and share a very brief conversation. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 You were great Rick. One of a kind. Gone but not forgotten. Rest in peace. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashsabre Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 RIP Rick. Thanks for all the amazing calls and memories. I’m glad his final call was so perfect and memorable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 No words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerreaultForever Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 Well that is pretty sad and feels unexpected. "Multiple organ failures". I guess they kept that pretty quiet. Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookie1 Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 (edited) Hopefully this will give everyone, players, coaches, fans that one more reason to work just a bit harder. But God I'll miss RJ, he spent enough time with all of us Sabres fans to feel like at least a good friend. Now to distract myself.... Edited August 18, 2023 by thewookie1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quint Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 OMG. I just found out. I've been listening to Rick since the 1969 Buffalo Bisons. I feel like my heart has been ripped out of my chest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeymom Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 I'm crying 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimlach Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 RJ is one of the best ever. Hall of Fame. Acknowledged by his peers around the league. Loved by the Sabres fan base of several generations. He made it fun. RIP RJ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 I had hoped that they would turn this franchise around to give him one more night in the booth when it really counted. I honor of RJ, Adams, Grantato, and Pegula, do everything in your power to make this coming season a great one in honor of the greatest play-by-play guy in hockey history. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmoe Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 (edited) Really sucks. Some people cry when the good guy dies at the end of a movie. I don't watch a lot of movies, but Sabres Hockey has been my number 1 source of entertainment for a good part of my 48 years. Rick was my good guy. Knew it was coming eventually, but it sucks. RIP Rick Edited August 18, 2023 by JoeSchmoe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 Thanks for the memories, RJ. Godspeed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 I was blessed to be at RJ night, and I saw a group of players that really understood what he meant to the franchise and community. They still talk about the impact of that night. It is one of the things that drive them. That night was the first time the arena was so full, and so full of life, in so many years. These players did not commit the crime that was the quality of hockey Rick saw in his last years, but I know they will absolve it this year and will be thinking about him the whole time 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7+6=13 Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 A sports legend. I would pretend he was calling my goals in my mind as I slapped that plastic puck against my parents garage door. They'll never be another like him, to me. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said: I was blessed to be at RJ night, and I saw a group of players that really understood what he meant to the franchise and community. They still talk about the impact of that night. It is one of the things that drive them. That night was the first time the arena was so full, and so full of life, in so many years. These players did not commit the crime that was the quality of hockey Rick saw in his last years, but I know they will absolve it this year and will be thinking about him the whole time I am tearing up just thinking of the final words of his speech that night: "I love you!" I have been to many sporting events in my life but that night was by far the greatest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 Just now, sabremike said: I am tearing up just thinking of the final words of his speech that night: "I love you!" I have been to many sporting events in my life but that night was by far the greatest. I knew it was going to be memorable but it really was special. I took some friends to that game, who brought adjacent friends, who had never watched a second of hockey and didn't know who that man down there was. They cried during and after his speech. Couldn't really believe what they were seeing and hearing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallawaySabres Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 I know this may not be appropriate, but it is a goddamn ffng shame that not only did he not see a cup delivered, but that the last 10 years of teams didn’t deserve one word out of his mouth. Love you RJ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallawaySabres Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 I can assure you one thing, the home opener vs the Rangers is going to be one special night, and that freaking team better win by at least five goals, deliver five fights, and have the building rocking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 7 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said: I can assure you one thing, the home opener vs the Rangers is going to be one special night, and that freaking team better win by at least five goals, deliver five fights, and have the building rocking. I probably won't get that game from our split seasons, I will have to sell another game because I"m not missing this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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