Buffalo Sabres’ Ryan O’Reilly’s Meaningless Apology

Ryan O’Reilly, before he ever even appeared publicly in a Buffalo Sabres uniform, made a bad impression on his new team. Less than a week after signing a massive contract with the Sabres, O’Reilly was arrested and charged with driving a motor vehicle while ability impaired and leaving the scene of an accident. That scene: his pickup truck, which reportedly ran into a Tim Hortons in Lucan, Ontario.

Basic details of the incident were initially reported by a radio station in London, via Ontario Provincial Police as the following:

Around 4:05 a.m., O’Reilly’s truck hit the Tim Hortons. He then continued to drive the vehicle, a 1951 Chevy pickup, before ditching it and leaving on foot with another…