Jack Capuano is leaving Brooklyn, fired Tuesday by the New York Islanders after seven years and almost 500 regular-season games.

Former Isle Doug Weight is the new interim head coach, and general manager Garth Snow will immediately begin searching for his potential replacement. And it's possible he reaches out to a familiar name.

Gerard Gallant was fired by the Florida Panthers in late November and has a history with Snow and the Islanders, spending the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons behind New York's bench as an assistant coach. Snow took over GM duties in July 2006.

With Snow acknowledging the Islanders had no plans to retain Capuano, who was in the final season of his contract, it's entirely possible the team will fill its new vacancy sooner rather than later, since another team - the Vegas Golden Knights - are looking for a head coach, too.

Gallant's the biggest fish in the water. Vegas or Brooklyn?

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