Mark Messier gives NY one more chance... or is that NY giving Mess one more chance? He agreed to a one-year contract with the Rangers on Wednesday to return for his 24th NHL season -- ninth with New York. The deal, completed the night before the Rangers head to Vermont for training camp, also includes an option year that can be triggered if personal and team performance goals are reached.

As if! The Moose's best days are long gone. That doesn't mean the Rangers don't need him, it just means he's older than most piles of dust.

This day in hockey history: 1987 - Lou Lamoriello takes over as general manager for the New Jersey Devils.

Gary Suter retires: Four-time NHL All-Star defenseman Gary Suter retired on Tuesday. Suter, a two-time U.S. Olympic player, spent the past four seasons with the Sharks in a 17-year career that included stops in Calgary and Chicago. He won the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie in 1985-86 with the Flames. In 2001-02, Suter led the Sharks' defensemen in scoring for the second straight season, recording six goals and 27 assists while playing in all 82 games. The former Wisconsin star was the quarterback of San Jose's power play.

However, Suter is best known in Canada as the scumbag that highsticked Paul Kariya in the face in early 1998 - which put Kariya out of commission for a long time and prevented Team Canada from carrying one of its best offensive weapons into the Nagano Olympic Games.

Rot in hell, Gary.

This day in hockey history: 1982 - Montreal trades Rod Langway, Doug Jarvis, Craig Laughlin and Brian Engblom to Washington for Ryan Walter and Rick Green.