Shane Doan Optimistic About Re-Signing With Phoenix Coyotes

Shane Doan, Phoenix Coyotes Have Deal Done, Will Finalize Following Team Sale

Phoenix Coyotes captain Shane Doan remains a free agent, but that doesn't mean he won't be returning to the Coyotes next season. Doan said Thursday he has a deal in place with the Coyotes and is only waiting for the sale of the team to re-sign with Phoenix.

Greg Jamison is in the process of acquiring the franchise from the NHL, and in an interview with XTRA 910, Doan said he will sign once the sale goes through. While the two sides have a deal in place, it's still not a done yet. Doan wants to sign his deal before the current collective bargaining agreement expires on Sept. 15 and would sign elsewhere if the sale of the franchise hasn't gone through.

"I will be signed by midnight on the 15th. I'll sign somewhere. My goal is to sign [in Phoenix]," Doan said.

While Doan continues to wait for the sale of the franchise to process, he did say he is very optimistic that a deal would get done in the next few days and he would return to Phoenix next season.

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Shane Doan Will Make Free Agency Decision By Sept. 15

Phoenix Coyotes' free agent Shane Doan will be signing a new contract before Sept. 15, azcentral.com reported Friday. That is the date the current collective bargaining agreement expires, and it is unknown what the free agent market will look like after negotiations. Doan and his agent would like to sign before the rules potentially change.

"Shane is going to sign a contract before the CBA expires on the 15th," said Doan's agent, Terry Bross. "(Ownership has to) be done before the 15th, otherwise we're signing somewhere because we don't know what the new CBA is going to look like, and I don't know if it's going to limit any scope of contract, so we want to make sure we sign before then."

Doan amassed 50 points on 22 goals and 28 assists this past season with the Coyotes. He was also productive in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, with five goals in 16 games.

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Sabres Offer Shane Doan 4-Year Contract, According To Report

Shane Doan, whose free agency has attracted wide attention around the NHL, has reportedly received a four-year offer from the Buffalo Sabres worth $30 million, according to reports.

The veteran, who has played his entire NHL career with the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes franchise, is valued highly around the league at 35 years old. Doan has been making the rounds this offseason, meeting with the Vancouver Canucks earlier this month while the San Jose Sharks reportedly played the role of favorite for his services.

Doan has visited with the a variety of teams, including the Rangers and Penguins, in his search for a free-agent contract.

In 79 games played in 2011-12, Doan scored 22 goals and had 28 assists for the Coyotes.

If Doan were to accept the offer, his $7.5 million per year would be a Sabres team-high, according to NBC Sports. The Sabres are also close to the temporary cap.

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San Jose Sharks Reported Favorite In Shane Doan Derby

It's now August and Shane Doan is still distinctly available on the free agent market in the NHL. He's visited with more than half of the Atlantic Division, several other teams around the league and has received interest from countless others. One potential darkhorse favorite in this race? The San Jose Sharks.

According to CSN California, the Sharks are indeed a favorite for Doan's services should he decide not to return to the Coyotes. San Jose doesn't have the cap space to fit in the $7.5 million cap hit Doan's reported contract demand would carry, but the team can go over the salary cap by 10 percent during the offseason. That would give them time to make a subsequent move to shed salary in the event Doan signs there.

We've sort of been under the assumption that if things don't work out for Doan with the Phoenix Coyotes -- and he still does hope it will work out there -- that he'd come to one of the big markets around the league. New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh all seem like possible options, and he's also visited with the Vancouver Canucks, another big money club. The Sharks are definitely off the radar a bit, at least in terms of what we've expected to date.

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Shane Doan Meets With Canucks In Vancouver, According To Report

With the future of the Phoenix Coyotes still floating in the ether, free agent Shane Doan has started to look at possibly signing with other teams. Add the Vancouver Canucks to the list of teams Doan has visited recently, according to John Gambadoro of KTAR (Phoenix). Appearing on CKNW's Sportstalk, Gambadoro reported that Doan was in Vancouver on Tuesday to talk with the team.

Doan previously visited the New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers, but staying in Phoenix appears to be Doan's first preference. He has played his entire 16-year career with the organization (one year in Winnipeg, 15 in Phoenix).

The Coyotes' captain recently spoke with Greg Jamison, the potential buyer, but a potential sale remains just that. If something budges in favor of a sale happening, Doan is likely to stay with the team that has been home since 1995.

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Shane Doan's Free Agency Decision Could Come Soon After Meeting With Greg Jamison

Shane Doan wants to hear good news on the Phoenix Coyotes sale front Friday, but if he doesn't get the necessary assurance from prospective team owner Greg Jamison, he's going to begin looking elsewhere. Doan has visited with the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers to date, but it's unknown his level of interest in those two clubs. It's widely known that Doan would prefer to stay in Phoenix as captain of the only franchise he's ever played for.

Via the Arizona Republic, here's Doan's agent Terry Bross:

"I say there are three or four that he's very serious about," Bross said. "There's probably two more that he has a lot of interest in."

Should Doan choose to leave the Coyotes, he could have a new address quickly.

"I wouldn't be shocked if we had a decision next week," Bross said.

Bross also says that the Montreal Canadiens could be another team Doan visits on a trip to the East Coast either over the weekend or this week. Then again, if Doan hears the answers he wants from Jamison and other partners still attempting to close the Coyotes sale, he could simply sign another deal in Phoenix.

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Phoenix Coyotes Sale: Concerns Raised On Greg Jamison's Ability To Finalize Deal

Greg Jamison is still trying to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes, but as the club faces a Friday deadline from captain Shane Doan to either finalize or make notable progress in a deal, it appears confidence is waning in Jamison's ability to complete the purchase.

According to the Phoenix Business Journal, folks close to the situation in Arizona are becoming increasingly nervous about Jamison's ability to gather the funds required to purchase the team. The NHL, which has controlled the team since purchasing them out of bankruptcy in 2009, is attempting to sell the club to Jamison for somewhere around $170 million. Jamison has never publicly stated who his partners are in attempting to purchase the Coyotes.

The City of Glendale has approved a lease agreement between Jamison and Jobing.com Arena, the City-owned home of the Coyotes. The deal was challenged by several local residents, but all attempts to push the decision to the fall ballot have failed.

Jamison obviously cannot sign the agreement until he owns the team, and the longer he takes to come up with the necessary money, the worse news gets for both Doan's future in Arizona and the club's future in Arizona.

Relocation for the 2012-13 season seems impossible this late on the NHL offseason calendar, even if the NHL would rather not operate the team for a fourth-straight season in Glendale, but a newly-elected council will take office in January and there's no sign that they'll be supportive of the lease agreement if it's still unsigned by Jamison.

Doan's agent, Terry Bross, has told media in Phoenix that his client will begin looking seriously at other teams after Friday, and that signing with one of those clubs could follow soon after.

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Shane Doan 'Likely' To Visit Penguins After Seeing Rangers, Flyers

Shane Doan was in New York City last week with the NHL Players' Association, sitting in a room with executives and lawyers from the NHL as the two sides negotiate over the expiring collective bargaining agreement.

While in town, Doan did a little sightseeing, visiting with the New York Rangers late in the week. He made the trek down the New Jersey Turnpike Saturday and did the same with the Philadelphia Flyers, and now the unrestricted free agent has Pittsburgh on his list. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Doan will likely meet with the Penguins "shortly."

Although [agent Terry] Bross said it wasn't "for certain" that Doan will visit with the Penguins, he gave a far more encouraging tone than last week regarding his client's odds of playing with the Penguins.

"Shane is going to visit a couple of more teams," Bross told the Tribune-Review on Sunday. "I'm pretty sure Pittsburgh will be one of them. He is interested in the Penguins."

Penguins general manager Ray Shero has made Doan an offer. It was reported two weeks ago that an unknown Eastern Conference team had offered Doan a massive four-year, $30 million contract, although it's unclear if that team was either the Penguins, Flyers or Rangers. It's believed that Doan would prefer to remain in Phoenix with the Coyotes, but ownership uncertainty there is delaying his final decision.

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Shane Doan Not Ready To Make Decision: Penguins Latest Team To Make Offer

The Pittsburgh Penguins have officially offered a contract to unrestricted free agent Shane Doan, according to his agent, speaking in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Agent Terry Bross told the paper that Doan has interest in the Pens, but it seems as though he's still waiting for the ownership situation in Phoenix to become more clear.

Bross told the Detroit Free Press -- the Red Wings are another team with an offer out for Doan, according to reports -- that "nothing's happening right now" with Doan and that he's still waiting "a couple more days" to see whether or not the sale of the Coyotes to a group led by Greg Jamison will go through.

Groups in Glendale, Ariz. are trying to hold up that deal by petitioning to get a referendum on the fall ballot, but so far those attempts have proven unsuccessful.

Phoenix is still definitely Doan's first choice. He's played his entire career for the organization and is the beloved captain there, but with the team's future in Arizona still fairly uncertain, Doan remains to keep his options open.

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Shane Doan Offered Mega Contract From Unknown Eastern Team, Says Report

An unidentified Eastern Conference team has offered unrestricted NHL free agent Shane Doan a massive four-year, $30 million contract according to a report from 620 KTAR radio in Phoenix. The deal would carry a cap hit of $7.5 million per season and would extend until 2016 when Doan is age 39.

The free agent still hopes to sign with the Phoenix Coyotes, the organization for which he's played his entire career. He's waiting for more clarity in their ownership situation before making an ultimate decision, but it's unlikely that the cash-strapped, still NHL-owned franchise could match this lucrative reported offer.

It seems likely that the hefty offer could be coming from a team desperate to reach the salary cap floor, but it's also possible that one of the bigger market clubs in the East -- all of which missed out on Zach Parise earlier in the offseason -- could throw a big contract at Doan in hopes of cutting those prior losses.

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