\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted December 17, 2005 Posted December 17, 2005 Amazon.com Counsel in the Crease: A Big League Player in the Hockey Wars Robert O Swados (Former Sabres Attorney) ISBN: 1591023556 Review Quotes: "One of his major battles was establishing the Buffalo Sabres in the National Hockey League, and fans of that team will thoroughly enjoy Swados's insider views of the Sabres and its various owners." "But things really got interesting when in 1969 Swados helped Seymour Knox III and Northrup Knox to establish the Buffalo Sabres. Thus began an exciting thirty-year journey through the ups and downs of the National Hockey League. As part owner, vice chairman, and counsel of the Sabres, Swados has had many opportunities to "score from the crease," and sometimes the action behind the scenes is just as rough and tumble as that on the ice. He tells many fascinating tales about his dealings with winning coaches including Scotty Bowman, with General Managers Punch Imlach and John Muckler, with owner John Mcmullen, and Commissioners John Ziegler and Gary Bettman, among others. He also talks frankly about the impact of Adelphia’s bankruptcy on the fate of the Sabres and about the obsessions and frustrations of the 2004 NHL lockout." "For hockey fans in the U.S. and Canada, especially Buffalo Sabres fans, and anyone interested in the business of bigtime sports, Robert Swados’s entertaining and informative story is a must read."
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