And it is the end of the Tim Thomas era in Boston:

• And it is official. Tim Thomas is now a New York Islander. [NYDailyNews]
• Peter Chiarelli addresses the cap space issue, and the pulse of the trade market. [ESPN]
• Oh, you! Lighthouse Hockey makes... light...of the situation. [LighthouseHockey]
• And the local media bids Tim adieu. [Boston.com]
• And you could see THIS coming, ESPN gets it WRONG. Oooops. [@Toucherandrich]
• The Bruins meanwhile continue their dominance in the Northeast. [NYDailyNews]

And from around the Twittersphere:

• Interesting stat on the history of Bruins/Habs games. [@DJ_Bean]
• And another stat about shootouts. [@reporterchris]
• Andrew Ference congratulates Tyler Seguin on his goal. Yay Trees! [@Ferknuckle]