Watching the Sens beat the Devils 4-0 on the Fox Sports Net NY feed, I noticed something odd. Both the host and one of the announcing crew were sporting big rings. Like Stanley Cup winning ring big. But neither the host, Matt Loughlin, nor the play by play guy, Mike Emrick had ever played in the NHL so those can't be Stanley Cup rings. Meanwhile colour commentator, Chico Resch, wasn't sporting any rings. Not even the Stanley Cup ring he would have received as a member of the 1979-80 Stanley Cup Championship team.

Someone needs to tell those two that if you've got a big ass ring on your finger and you're working an NHL broadcast, it had better be a Stanley Cup ring. Anything else just looks cheesy.

I don't even like seeing Pierre McGuire showing off his Cup ring during TSN broadcasts. Pierre, you were a either a scout or an assistant coach when you got that ring. You were lucky to be in the position you were in. If you weren't a player, coach or GM you don't need to be showing it off every chance you get. If the ring were for every day use it wouldn't be so freaking big. You don't see the Devils trainer coming out on the ice to work on an injured player with three rings under his latex gloves. Put the ring away until you've got grandkids to impress.