Lightning captain Tim Taylor won't play another game for the team before the end of the season, when he plans to retire, according to the Associated Press. "I'm not coming back" Taylor said before the team's against Carolina on Saturday. "I want to remember the good times. I want to remember playing hockey. I don't want Torts to send me out to play two shifts, and I'll stand around."

Right-winger Chad LaRose returned to the ice for the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night, according to the News-Observer. LaRose, who hadn't played since Feb 5, assisted on a goal in the Hurricanes' 7-1 win over the Thrashers. He also had one shot on goal. Carolina will take on Tampa Bay on Saturday night.

Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr reportedly is considering joining a Russian professional team next season, according to a Yahoo Sports report. Jagr told the Bergen Record on Friday that he would meet with representatives from Avangard Omsk of the Russian Elite League about possibly playing for them next season after his contract expires. According to the team web site, Avangard GM Anatoly Bardina plans to fly from Russia to New York on Sunday.

Forward Simon Gagne won't return for the Flyers this season because of a series of concussions unless Philadelphia makes the Stanley Cup Finals, according to the Associated Press. "If we go all the way this year, you might see me skating again and getting ready again," Gagne said Wednesday. "But, no, I'm not coming back." He hasn't played since Feb. 10 and has been advised by a concussion specialist to sit out the season. "I'm going in the right direction like I want," he said. "I'm sure I'd like to be 100 percent right away, but I know it's going to take time. We've got a long period of time in front of me before I start playing again."

The Columbus Blue Jackets have added defenseman Clay Wilson to the roster on emergency recall from the Syracuse Crunch, Columbus? American Hockey League affiliate, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. Wilson is expected to join the club in time for Tuesday?s game at Nashville. Wilson, who will turn 25 on April 5, has tallied 12 goals and 32 assists for 44 points with 33 penalty minutes and a +9 plus/minus rating in 67 games with Syracuse and the Portland Pirates this season. Selected to play in this year?s AHL All-Star Game, he currently ranks fourth among league defensemen in points and is tied for seventh in goals. He has notched 9-27-36 with 27 penalty minutes and is +11 in 53 games with the Crunch. He was acquired by the Blue Jackets with defenseman Aaron Rome from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for center Geoff Platt on November 15, 2007. Wilson has registered 31-93-124 and 125 penalty minutes in 206 career AHL games, including 10-27-37 and 40 penalty minutes in 60 games with Grand Rapids as a rookie in 2005-06. Signed by Anaheim as a free agent on July 11, 2006, he collected 9-34-43 and 52 penalty minutes in 79 games with Portland in 2006-07. The Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota native played four seasons at Michigan Tech University of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association from 2001-05, registering 17-40-57 and 119 penalty minutes in 148 games.

The NHL Player's Association has reached a financial agreement with former executive director Ted Saskin, according to a report on ESPN.com. Saskin, who was fired last May, will be paid $400,000 in a settlement. "The document was fully executed," NHLPA executive Paul Kelly said of the agreement, according to The Globe and Mail. "Everything that needed to be tendered was exchanged." Saskin was fired after allegedly accessing player's private e-mail accounts.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have added left wing Alexandre Picard to the roster on emergency recall from the Syracuse Crunch, Columbus? American Hockey League affiliate, General Manager Scott Howson announced today. The club also announced that center Dan Fritsche will miss the final eight games of the regular season due to a broken hand suffered in Wednesday night?s game at Detroit. Picard, 22, has tallied seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points with 114 penalty minutes and a +6 plus/minus rating 47 games with Syracuse this season. He missed the club?s first 18 games of the season due to a knee injury he suffered with the Crunch late in the 2006-07 campaign. Columbus? first pick, eighth overall, in the 2004 Entry Draft, Picard has appeared in 40 career NHL games with the Blue Jackets since the 2005-06 season, collecting 0-1-1 and 20 penalty minutes. In 2006-07, he played in a career-high 23 games with the club and notched 0-1-1 and six penalty minutes, registering his first NHL point with an assist vs. Chicago on Mar. 30, 2007. He has 33-44-77 and 239 penalty minutes in 140 career AHL games. The Les Saules, Quebec native registered 93-104-197 and 289 penalty minutes in 206 career Quebec Major Junior Hockey League games from 2001-05 with Sherbrooke and Lewiston. Fritsche, who tallied 10-12-22 with 22 penalty minutes and a +2 plus/minus rating in 69 games with the Blue Jackets this season, suffered a broken hand during the second period of Wednesday night?s game at Detroit. The 22-year-old Parma, Ohio native had picked up 2-3-5 in his previous five games and has 29-34-63 and 91 penalty minutes in 206 career NHL games with Columbus.

Forward Kyle Okposo will be in the lineup for the New York Islanders on Tuesday against the Maple Leafs, according to Canada's TSN. He was the seventh overall pick in the NHL's 2006 early entry draft. "It's the right time to give Kyle the chance to show what he can do at the NHL level," said Islanders' General Manager Garth Snow in a team statement. "From the beginning we said that when it came to Kyle we would do what was best long-term for both him and our franchise. He has played well in Bridgeport and deserves a look. Our organization is very excited to see Kyle in an Islanders' unifom, and I'm sure so are our fans."

Chris Simon thinks there?s something wrong with the NHL?s system for discipline, as reported by the Associated Press. After watching the Ducks' Chris Pronger step on the Canucks' Ryan Kesler and walk away unpunished, the oft-suspended Wild's Simon wondered why. ?It would be nice to have things treated fairly, at least,? Simon said after the Wild practiced on Friday. ?I don?t think in that instance it?s fair at all. I couldn?t believe right away that nothing was going to be done about it. I still can?t believe it.? The play happened Wednesday night when Pronger and Kesler became tangled behind the Vancouver net. As Pronger turned to head back up ice, replays show him stepping on Kesler?s leg as the Canucks forward lay on the ice.