Elliotte Friedman

I would tell everybody, first of all, I scored one of the biggest goals in Buffalo Sabres history, but there was a great documentary that Sportsnet did that won an award on the defection of Alexander McGilney and Jerry Meehan and Don Luce were two very big people in...

Getting Alexander McGillney to come over and defect to the Buffalo Sabres.

It's a great piece of television.

I would tell everybody to do it.

One of my first ever TV interviews I did at the score was with Jerry Meehan and at his house.

And he was just such a nice, nice person.

And, you know, Cliff Fletcher, there's a lot of people in our business who knew Cliff Fletcher.

He was already a legend before I even started.

You know, I really started in the business in 93.

He'd already won a Stanley Cup.

He'd already revived the Maple Leafs.

He was the GM of the Atlanta Flames.

He was a really nice person.

Sometimes he got upset at things that were said and written, but he always tried to treat people really graciously.

And I think there will be a lot of people in the business, if you haven't seen it already, who will have stories about how well he treated them, how he filled their notebooks.

If you asked him for an interview, he gave you an interview.

Um, you know, he, he treated, he gave great advice.

Like if you ever asked him for advice, he was extremely well known for listening, thinking, and giving you an honest answer that nine times out of 10 was excellent advice.

And, uh, you know, I'll tell you too, his children, Chuck and Christie, um, both great people, like just to deal with treated people extremely well.

And, uh, you know, I just, uh, just wanted to mention all three of them because, uh, you know, it's been a tough couple of weeks and all of those people, uh, were excellent to deal with and listen to in their ways.