With Ryan Hartman suspended, the Minnesota Wild have claimed one of his best friends off of waivers to join the squad.

Michael Phelps, Ryan Murphy, and other swimmers have paid ... "So many memories Brian...Rip Buddy. Thoughts and prayers to your fam. The stories of your son..the jokes...20 years of good times..

I had no idea." Ditka also gave his feelings on the passing as well as what Ryan meant to the 1985 Chicago Bears in an interview on the NFL Network. "I knew Buddy wasn't doing real well," Ditka said.