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NEW YORK - (KRT) - The Devils will have a new coach next season, now that Pat Burns has been stricken a second time by cancer. Devils GM Lou Lamoriello confirmed on Friday that Burns, who announced he had colon cancer following the 2003-04 season, had undergone a second cancer operation last week. Burns has left the hospital, is recuperating at home and soon will begin another round of chemotherapy. This cancer diagnosis is not believed to be related to the first.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The more Ken Daneyko thought about it, the more he knew the time had come. After well over 1,000 regular-season games and well over 150 Stanley Cup Playoff games, something clicked in his head that told him the next chapter of his life was calling. Being able to skate away on his own terms carrying the Stanley Cup overhead was simply the icing on the cake. The New Jersey Devils and Daneyko made it all official Friday morning at Continental Airlines Arena in a funny, poignant and emotional press conference that moved Daneyko to tears on...