‘With all due respect to Tim Horton, Rick Martin, René Robert, Ted Darling and all former Sabres players, broadcasters and personnel that have since passed on, Rick Jeanneret’s passing is the most significant in the history of this franchise to date. No one person exemplifies what Buffalo Sabres hockey is more than Jeanneret. He brought you out of your seat when you were just listening on the radio. He painted a picture in your head of the action long before every game was on TV. No one could narrate the rising action of a hockey game better than Jeanneret.’