Report: Islanders' Frans Nielsen signs extension

The New York Islanders and Danish center Frans Nielsen have agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $11 million, according to ESPNNewYork.com. Nielsen

The New York Islanders and Danish center Frans Nielsen have agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $11 million, according to ESPNNewYork.com. Nielsen would have become a free agent in July of this year.

Nielsen, 27, was drafted by New York in 2002, and he has spent his entire career as an Islander.