Though Shane Doan still has some hope to play again next season, it won’t be for the only club he’s ever known. The long-time Coyotes captain who actually played one season for the Winnipeg Jets before they moved to the desert, will not be re-signed by the team. Pierre LeBrun of TSN reports that the Coyotes informed him of that decision over the weekend. 
Doan has played parts of 21 seasons in the NHL, all for the same organization. In 1,540 games he registered 402 goals and 972 points while serving as captain for the last 13 seasons. In all that time, he only played in 55 playoff contests making it past the first round just once. He ranks in the top-100 all-time in goals, assists and points, but will have to finish his career somewhere else if he should want to play in 2017-18 or beyond.
LeBrun believes there are other teams with interest in the 40-year old winger, but it would be tough to pull on the sweater of another franchise after so many years. Doan has helped hockey in Arizona tremendously over the years, with players like Auston Matthews now showing the impact he had when he came here two decades ago. When the two met earlier this year in Arizona, Matthews had this to say about one of his childhood idols:
He’s been such an amazing not only hockey player for this team, but in the community. Obviously you see in the intermission breaks the people he touches and affects. It just shows you how much more it is to him not only to be a hockey player, but just an amazing person in the community.
Even if Doan does play a year or two somewhere else, he’ll be a part of the Coyotes franchise forever. The team issued this statement on the decision not to offer him a contract:
After serious consideration, we have decided to not offer Shane Doan a contract for the upcoming season. The time has come for us to move on and to focus on our young, talented group of players and our very bright future.
Shane deserves an enormous amount of credit for keeping the Coyotes in the Valley and for growing the game of hockey in Arizona. He is beloved by our fans, corporate partners and the media and has been a tremendous leader for us in the community, and a great role model for kids. We wish him and his family all the best in the future. He will be a member of our Pack forever.
According to Craig Morgan of AZ Sports, Oliver Ekman-Larsson will take over as captain of the Coyotes next season. Ekman-Larsson has been the best player on Arizona for a while now, and has two years left on his current contract. He will be just the fourth captain since becoming the Coyotes, following Doan (2003-17), Teppo Numminen (2001-03) and Keith Tkachuk (1996-2001).
He’ll go to a playoff contender like Pittsburgh, Rangers, Caps and look to chase a ring
He’d be pretty cheap so I could see the Bruins being in on him because they could use another forward that scores at a level other than anemic. That’s a pretty good team to watch next year, especially if they can get Vegas to take Hayes and/or Beleskey. They could add Doan and a veteran defenseman, plus maybe swap something else out via trade, and they could really compete.
Maybe he goes wherever Jagr goes to form a 3rd or 4th line of all 40+ idk who the other guy would be though
Iggy used to take a lot of draws.
Yeah I was thinking about him being on that line. He’ll be 40 by the time the season starts so you could roll out a 40+ line of Jagr, Doan, and Iginla