Shanahan will play in NHL in 2008-09

Brendan Shanahan, one of the NHL's most prominent players, will return for the 2008-09 season. After mulling retirement after the New York Rangers' second-round playoff exit last May, the 39-year old winger has decided to play at least another year. He would like to return for a third season with the Rangers, which recently shuffled veteran, name forwards by cutting ties with Jaromir Jagr, who signed with Omsk in Russia's Continental Hockey League, and Martin Straka, who signed with a Czech League team, then bringing in former Vancouver Canucks captain Markus Naslund. After the season, Rangers president Glen Sather told Shanahan he would like to bring him back but would need time to reconfigure the club, which accounts for the delay in repatriating the 650-goal scorer. Shanahan, a free agent, is seeking a one-year contract.... [read full story]