wonderful post, dan (great Gord tie in) ...there must be a lot of emotion flowing through the town amongst those die hard Sabre fans especially...then again, i suppose it was about 15 years ago that all said their preliminary farewell
as soon as i got halfway through your post i started seeing images of perreault (was there a finer skater?), robert, martin...and of course, Tim Horton, i remember the fateful night he was driving back to toronto following a game at the aud
thanks for the memories
....rest in pieces