We interrupt our scheduled programming…

…To announce that all-time Buffalo Sabres great Rick Martin is dead at the age of 59, according to the Buffalo News. He was apparently driving in the suburb of Clarence when he suffered a fatal heart attack. I was going to do a post about the Sabres’ recent good fortune in the standings and I’ll get around to it after this post, though maybe not before today’s game against the Ottawa Senators. But Martin was such an important figure in Sabres history that he deserves to have his own post.