Enough with Barry Melrose

The World-Wide Leader's hockey mascot was thrown into the booth by Steve Levy during the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks game last night. Melrose had been a curse for college hockey broadcasts with John BucciGross the past decade, as the latter waited to hit the button for his catchphrases while it was clear Melrose hadn't watched any prior college hockey games at all.

It's apparent that Melrose hasn't watched an NHL game in a long time, as he listened to him last night in a game that mattered as the Kings cling desperately to the last playoff spot in the Pacific. Considering how that coaching stint went, he probably didn't watch any games then either.

Melrose was shocked that Phillip Danault, one of the biggest free-agent signings last summer, had scored 25 goals for the Kings. Danault has scored at least 40 points in three of the last four years, and he did it last year. He has a lot of offensive talent.

It acted as a love fest for Jonathan Quick, as Melrose talked about his career as if he was the lovechild of Patrick Roy and Davey Crockett. The career save-percentage for Quick is......................... Both are definitions of fine, maybe.

Melrose grunted on occasion about what he saw, but he didn't give any insight at all. Hockey fans deserve better than this, and we don't deserve much.