Let me tell you about Barry Melrose. First, the "by association" way I got to know him. My brother Jim was very close with John Saunders. I got close with John Saunders. John and Barry were close, so I got to call Barry a friend also. He forgot more hockey than I would ever know, but he would talk hockey with me as if my opinion had merit, especially on air... And he would come on, in that hotbed of hockey talk, Louisville Kentucky whenever we asked him. But here is my favorite story...