Old (school)

Stuff I've been meaning to post, but didn't:

--No sooner did I write that Alexandre Giroux was still on the pile than he hopped off, signing Friday with Atlanta.

--Brent Sutter is Jersey's new head coach. Masi Marjamaki played for him at Red Deer, and I asked him about Sutter two years ago. It didn't fit the feature at the time, but I saved it just in case. Well, what the heck: "Mean," Marjamaki said with a grin. "He's a good coach. You work hard. Everyone makes mistakes, but if they're working mistakes, he doesn't care. If you work your hardest, he'll like you."

--The IIHF is trying to put together a world club championship to go with a European Champions League. That could be fun. And could a little more prize money available on the other side of the pond -- albeit only to certain teams -- be an incentive to some mid-vet players in the future? A little push over the edge, if you will.... Just idle speculation.

--RIP John Ferguson Sr., former Rangers coach and GM among other jobs.

--Saturday was the 10th anniversary of my first assignment for the Post, the first round of the 1997 CSGA junior, back when I was a free-lancer fresh out of college. Still here (and still covering Little League). Thanks, Mark and Gino...