Captain Canada is now Captain Colorado, as Ryan Smythhas signed a five-year deal with the Avalanche, joining the on-going free agent exodus off of Long Island.
Viktor Kozlov,
Tom Poti,
Richard Zednik, and Jason Blake all left the Island as well. But Islanders' GM Garth Snow did agree to terms with former-Thrasher
Jon Sim. So he's got that going for him.