You've got to love the Rangers.
Goalie Gump Worsley dies Saturday.
Yesterday, they finally get around to sending an email about it:

I hope the Rangers weren't in charge of telling the next-of-kin.
The semi-interesting thing is the Times actually credited the Rangers with announcing Worsley's death. Maybe they didn't want to upset the fans?

From TSN:

Forsberg Continues to be Optimistic

Continues? Was he OK with playing on a lousy team with a messed-up foot? Did I miss the part where Forsberg was feeling good about that? I'd love to see who else TSN thinks is continuing to be optimistic:

Abraham Lincoln Continues to be Optimistic

Pauly Shore Continues to be Optimistic

Puck From REAL WORLD: San Francisco Continues to be Optimistic

Also, GoonBlog checks in on the state of the NHL. Basically, we're all feeling the absence of PJ Stock. I sure do miss his blog.

You really don't have to believe me, but Saturday night, watching LA at Edmonton, I was thinking what a great player Craig Conroy is, and how amazing Calgary would be if he was still there. It wasn't a deliberate thought. It was just kind of a fleeting idea.
Or was it?
Conroy is back with the Flames, with the Flames giving up draft picks and Jamie Lundmark, whose NHL role rapidly seems to be as the throw-in player in Western Conference trades. Still, it's a living.
Speaking of living, Conroy centered Iginla during his 2001-02 52-goal campaign.
Iginla is probably trying to increase his healing right now, as I type this.
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The always-excellent Sports Media Guide has a nice interview with Greg Logan, who covers the Islanders for Newsday. It's interesting for a few reasons: Logan is the only full-time beat writer covering the team, which presents its own issues. Also, Logan seems like a very thoughtful guy. There's nothing flip in his Isles coverage and that really comes through in the interview.

I don't know for a fact that Islanders coach Ted Nolan was blackballed from the NHL after his time in Buffalo. I suspect it, but I don't know it. But it seems Nolan is a bit nervous about his reputation. He made it a point to mention a) he's not trying to unload the slumping Miroslav Satan and b) the two are not engaged in any kind of feud. I hadn't heard about any of this, but I have noticed Satan seems genuinely fond of Nolan and Nolan has always been very supportive of Satan. In fact, Nolan has done a heck of a lot of line-juggling to try and get Satan going.
Of course, the Islanders have been freeing up money lately. They could be shopping for linemates for Satan. Or they could be shopping Satan.
Although that no-trade clause in his contract seems to indicate he'll be staying on the Island.