[Update: Super-injury bonus! Now Doug Weight is out, too, reaggravating the groin. Thompson in. I hear complaints about the training staff in 3...2...1...]

MRI says Hunter has a tear in the pec. Now that is much, much more like the Islanders injury luck to which we've grown accustomed. Strang also has lines and Gordon's thoughts on Schremp's first game.

One of the things I've always wondered about Hunter's contract: With his physical style, his (then) below-market salary in return for long-term security may mean his body will be in physical decline by the time he hits the UFA market again.