Puck Daddy reader Adam Jones asks this question in an e-mail this morning:

"I just read that Miro Satan won't be offered a new contract with the Isles.  Now sure, he's WAY washed up, and would be another terrible signing by Lou, but as a fellow Devils fan I'm sure you can appreciate how awesome seeing 'SATAN' on the back on a Devils jersey would be."

This has been one of those lingering fanboy fantasies for Devils fans, the sort of thing that pops up whenever Miroslav Satan is available or rumored to be available. Jersey fans drool over the thought of headlines like "Satan talking with Devils" and followed by "Devils make pact with Satan."

Of course, they're also dying to buy the New Jersey Devils' Satan jersey, whose sales would probably double the team's revenue by Christmas (irony or blasphemy ... you decide!). I was joking with a player agent last week that the only thing that might sell more than a Satan Devils jersey is if Tampa Bay defenseman Paul Ranger ever signed with the boys in MSG and wore No. 94.

As Adam said, the New York Islanders have indicated that Satan will be among a few veteran UFAs that the team will not seek to bring back next season. Wherever Satan goes, it's going to be for a hell of a lot less than the $4.5 million he earned last season. Ignoring for a moment the obvious decline in his offensive output, would a 33-year-old Miroslav Satan fit on the Devils if the price is right? Looking at the depth chart, the team could use another veteran stick on right wing; although New Jersey would no doubt prefer to see homegrown David Clarkson blossom than commit to a few years of a declining veteran scorer.

Still, a fan base can dream, can't it? The only downer is that the ultimate Satan-to-the-Devils fantasy probably won't be fulfilled: Miro Satan wearing No. 6. (That's a 6 on the left sleeve, a 6 on the back and a 6 on the right sleeve. Got it?) Young defenseman Andy Greene is currently No. 6 in your Devils program, and isn't going anywhere.

Eh, the team would probably buckle under the political pressure anyway -- they've already ticked off the religious types with their team name. Even if the Devils are actually named after some sort of mystical giraffe bat.