Free agent defenseman Mattias Ohlund has signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 32-year-old native of Sweden has played in 770 games over the past 11 NHL seasons, all with the Vancouver Canucks. He is the Canucks' career leader in goals by a defenseman and was an All-Star during the 1998-99 season.

The New York Islanders kept everyone guessing, including John Tavares himself, right up until they made the high-scoring center the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NHL entry draft. The Islanders chose Tavares, an 18-year-old junior star with the London Knights, with the first overall pick Friday night ahead of 6-foot-6, 220-pound Swedish defenseman Victor Hedman, the top-ranked European prospect.

Six years later, Dan Bylsma still feels the pain. It's the kind of hurt that comes from a Game 7 loss when the Stanley Cup is an arm's length away, and it doesn't disappear unless the championship dream is finally fulfilled. Bylsma missed his chance as a player with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in 2003 against the New Jersey Devils, but now has another shot as coach of the Pittsburgh...