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Age and injury finally caught up to Doug Weight, who retired from the NHL after a three-decade career that ended with a stint as the New York Islanders' captain.
The longtime captain who played for six teams announced his retirement Thursday at a Long Island hotel -- about a slap shot away from the Nassau Coliseum -- and accepted a job with the Islanders as an assistant coach and senior adviser to general manager Garth Snow.
Snow provided a bit of help to the 40-year-old Weight, who bid a tearful farewell to the game he has played since he was a boy in Michigan. Weight paused several times during his prepared remarks to wipe his eyes with tissues provided by Snow, utter an audible sigh, and take sips of water as he tried to corral his increasing emotions.
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"Saying goodbye and never going to play again in the league, it's terrible," Weight said. "It's tough. It's a sickening, sad feeling, but it's also a new chapter to hopefully the greatest part of my life."
Weight will work with the power play in his job as an assistant coach, and will help Snow in all aspects of personnel decisions whether it be free-agent signings, trades, or draft preparation. Weight thinks he will ultimately prefer the front-office side of the business.
Source: tsn.ca
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NHL Trade Rumor Created on Friday, 27 May 2011 08:40 |
