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Doan uncertain about playing future as Coyotes season ends

Published Apr. 10, 2017 12:42 p.m. ET

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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Coyotes captain Shane Doan had an assist Saturday night in what may be the final game of his 21-year NHL career.

Doan contemplated retirement last season after leading the Coyotes with 28 goals, deciding over the summer to play at least one more season. Doan's production fell off this season -- six goals -- but said before the final game of the season that he's not sure if it will be the last of his career.

A spot in the organization's front office is Doan's when he retires, GM John Chayaka told FOX Sports Arizona's Todd Walsh during the second intermission. Doan, though, isn't sure he is ready to call it a career.

"I'm not going to make a decision until it's settled down in my head," Doan, surrounded by his wife and four children, told Walsh and Tyson Nash during the FOX Sports Arizona postgame show.

Saturday's game was No. 1,540 for Doan, tying him with John Bucyk for 14th on the NHL's all-time list.

"If it is the end, it's a pretty impressive career to play for one organization for that long," Coyotes goalie Mike Smith said. "It's tough to do these days and it just shows the type of person he is."

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