Ted Nolan's brief run as the New York Islanders' coach ended on Monday when he and general manager Garth Snow decided he should not return for a third season behind the bench.

All-Star center Vincent Lecavalier signed an 11-year, $85-million contract extension that he hopes will keep him in a Lightning uniform for the remainder of his career.

San Jose, coming off another solid season that wound up not quite good enough in the playoffs, needed some offseason changes, and Wes Goldstein says the Sharks did it better than any team in the Pacific Division in his makeover