RJ States this will be His Final Year Announcing Sabres Games

[Brawndo]

 

Edited August 20, 2021 by Brawndo

[Cityo'Rasmii]

You're the greatest, RJ and irreplaceable!

Go Sabres

[That Aud Smell]

One of my favourite things about the Sabres - a true legend.

[apuszczalowski]

Poor guy, but I guess he can guarantee his retirement comes early by not having to call another playoff game......

[darksabre]

Heartbreaking but he's earned it. An absolute legend.

[nucci]

Ted Darling and RJ. We've been fortunate to have 2 greats. Back then along with the HNIC crew....hockey was fun to watch and listen to

[SabresVet]

Feel bad that he's going to spend the last years of his career announcing some really bad teams.  Miss the 05-06 / 06-07 years when this was an exciting team with RJ calling games.

[Eleven]

Sad but inevitable.

[apuszczalowski]

Atleast he can take it easy on his voice and not have to worry about calling many goals or exciting plays in his final year.......

[nucci]

Dunleavy and Ray.....quite the downgrade

[pi2000]

It feels like he's said this each of the past 5 years.

I love RJ, but IMO it's tough listening to him lately.

[JoeSchmoe]

39 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

One of my favourite things about the Sabres - a true legend.

Scratch the "One of"... RJ is my favourite thing about the Sabres.

[Stoner]

There's wiggle room in that wording.

I'll believe it when I see it.

[Stoner]

OK it's being reported more explicitly on sabres.com, which seems to put a pin in it.

[LabattBlue]

Saddest part of the whole thing is Dumbleavy taking over full-time in 22-23. 😞

[Sabres Fan in NS]

 

[nucci]

34 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

Saddest part of the whole thing is Dumbleavy taking over full-time in 22-23. 😞

along with the riveting dialogue with Ray while the game is going on

[Thwomp!]

Wasted the Sabres' and Rick's golden years.  They both deserved better.

[Zamboni]

11 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

 

Sick video. Damn….

[nucci]

great highlights....back when we didn't suck

[bunomatic]

Absolutely a craptastic way to go out for RJ. 

You had one job Sabres. Get RJ back into the playoffs. Well you screwed the pooch on that one. Congratulations !

[nucci]

7 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

Sick video. Damn….

No Eichel goals

[Zamboni]

2 minutes ago, nucci said:

No Eichel goals

Very noticeable … oh well. Didn’t miss Eichel footage 😂

[Thwomp!]

24 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

 

Awesome video!  As mentioned already, no Eichel goals.  RIck had some good calls on those, but too soon I guess.

[Stoner]

1 hour ago, LabattBlue said:

Saddest part of the whole thing is Dumbleavy taking over full-time in 22-23. 😞

I hate to pile on the Pegulas. But putting everything awful they've done to the side, we're still left with this crime against fan-anity. They are so out of touch with the fans, while claiming to be two of us. I call BS.