In which I ignore the outcome of unfavourable games

This last week saw the Leafs playing the Penguins and the Flyers in back-to-back games, both of which were on TSN. This meant viewers were treated to the delightful musings of one Pierre McGuire, hockey analyst extraordinaire. As someone who is quite sensitive to irritating voices to the point where I can't be in the same room as an episode of True Blood and probably won't be able to watch Fargo ever again (for the record, I do think it was a great movie), I find Pierre's voice mildly grating at the best of times, and about equivalent to being subjected to a plane-full of colicky babies while being stabbed repeatedly in the skull with a dull screwdriver at the worst.

Early on in the Pens game, Sjostrom proved his dedication to Leafs Nation and everyone else with ears by nearly taking off Pierre's head with a wayward puck. Sadly, no such luck the next game, during which I could have sworn I had somehow been transported back in time to the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals (hint: it wasn't because of what was happening on the ice). I get it, Pierre. You're a Mike Richards fan. A really, really big Mike Richards fan. But please show some restraint, it's starting to get embarrassing. And to answer your question to Gord Miller, no, Mike Richards is not underrated. He won a gold medal in February and dragged his team (disclaimer: Pronger helped) into the Cup finals in June. He's good. I get it. Now shhh.

Other Pierre highlights included him mispronouncing Grabovski's first name and referring to Chris Pronger as an "everyday defenseman". Regardless of one's opinion on Pronger, I'm pretty sure we can all agree that when choosing ways to describe him, "everyday" doesn't quite do it.

Other than that, Leafs won 3-1 over Montreal last night. Trash bins surrounding the Air Canada Centre overflowed with soggy waffles. What a waste.