What's the French Word for 'Ouch'?

Will people finally realize that the Rangers are overrated? Last time I checked, the top seed in the East was being fought over by Ottawa, Montreal, and New Jersey not, as the hockey media would suggest, The New York Rangers, The New York Rangers, and the New York Rangers.

They were mediocre last year. They signed Chris Drury and Scott Gomez. They remain mediocre. When will people tire of this?

Well, one thing I won't tire of is watching Ross McKeon love child Henrik Lundqvist celebrate his new 6-year, multi-million dollar contract by blowing a 5-0 lead against Montreal.



Five to nothing! Even with a no-name defense like the Rangers have, that's inexcusable. It's also, to non-Ranger fans, fairly awesome.



Oh, to grind the knife in deeper - this is the first time Montreal has ever come back from a 5-0 deficit. And this team played its first NHL game on a frozen patch of primordial soup.

Glorious.

"You Lay on the Ice Like a Broad"

With the lack of any real hockey news lately (unless you think Mike Commodore and Cory Stillman for Joe Corvo and Patrick Eaves is news. Which I don't), I thought I'd revisit some funny videos.

First up, maybe it's Kevin Stevens' thick Bah-ston accent (reminds me of my college days) or Bryan Trottier's squeaky French mouse voice calling Bellows a "tit-fucker" that gets me...No, it's Trottier. Hands down.




Then there's this one. Dallas' Patrik Stefan fans on an empty-net tap-in and the Oilers somehow tie it up. Not so much "funny" as "Holy shit."



This video is fantastic - not for the Sean Avery/Martin Brodeur part (it's a lop-sided battle between the greatest goalie of all time and a pug-faced bitch. C'mon. Nothing to see here). No, the greatest comes in about halfway through. Devils' enforcer Cam Janssen, from the bench, basically tells the Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist that he's going down. Awesome.



And finally, I never gave much thought to Martin Biron before. But I like this guy:



That's it. My laziness actually does know its bounds.

The Curse of Buffalo

Twice in my lifetime, the Buffalo Sabres' home arena has asked for a blood sacrifice. This is getting creepy.

The latest casualty is Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednick:



Yeesh. Prior to that, of course, the Blood God La Magra that lives under center ice exacted its life juice from former Sabres netminder Clint Malarchuk:



Are you satisfied, Buffalo? I imagine every night after a game, the parking lot of the HSBC Center looks like 30 Days of Night.

The Sabres have just announced they are trading Jochen Hecht and a draft pick to Romania for a gypsy, a vat of werewolf hair, and Max Von Sydow.