Ross McKeon is a Moron

I don't know who this Ross McKeon fella is (I am a pretty avid reader of The Hockey News and have never heard of 'em), but he's clearly a maroon.

Case in point - in his recent "NHL Power Rankings" for Yahoo Sports (The #1 Sports Outlet for People Who Meant to Click on "Movies"), he had this to say:

"16. New York Rangers (20-17-5, Previous: 13) – King Henrik Lundqvist has been the East's answer to Roberto Luongo in the West – simply the best goalie in his conference. Jaromir Jagr barely made it into double-figure goal-scoring in the first half. He could go a long way in solving the team's offensive woes."

Let me draw attention to that for the cheap seats:

King Henrik Lundqvist has been the East's answer to Roberto Luongo in the West – simply the best goalie in his conference.

Hahahaha...wait....whobutwhatbuhuh?

Well, if by "the East's answer to Roberto Luongo" you mean a over-hyped goalie who has yet to win anything, fine. I'm with you. But...THE BEST GOALIE IN THE CONFERENCE?????

First of all, let's wait until "King" Henrik has a COMPLETE good season, because so far, I've seen a guy who's "meh" for half a season, gets hot in streaks, then gets very "meh" again. Also? I seem to recall that once the Buffalo Sabres realized all they had to do was shoot high on him (works every time), the precious Rangers were bounced from the playoffs pretty quickly last year.

Ross, how about next time, you write: "The best goalie in the conference when it comes to shots along the ice."

How can you write that statement when, just across the river, Martin Brodeur is closing in on Patrick Roy's all-time win record and TERRY FUCKING SAWCHUK's shutout record, which was believed to be uncatchable. Not to mention leading the far less glamorous Devils to THREE Stanley Cups in the time it took the Rangers to stop their 8-seasons of consecutive sucking. Not to say it's necessarily over yet.

Hell, that statement is even a blow to Buffalo's Ryan Miller, who's at least gotten his team within spitting distance of the Cup. Lundqvist, like the Rangers organization in general, is treated by sportswriters like the really hot girl in high school who is named "most likely to succeed" every year even though she can't spell her own name. But, you know, she's hot and they really, really want her to be cool, intelligent, and useful. Sorry, guys...truth hurts.

Ross, we should talk. I bet you were one of the guys proclaiming Cam Ward the next Patrick Roy a few years back. And we know how well that worked out...