Doug Weight Douglas Daniel Weight ( born January 21 , 1971 ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who is currently an Assistant Coach and Special Assistant to the General Manager for the New York Islanders . During his 19 - year National Hockey League career , he played for the New York Rangers , Edmonton Oilers , Carolina Hurricanes , Anaheim Ducks , St . Louis Blues and the New York Islanders . Playing career . Weight graduated in 1989 from Notre Dame High School ] in Harper Woods , Michigan . He joined the Junior A Compuware Team since his High School did not have a hockey program . Weight played two years in the NCAA with Lake Superior State University , from 1989 – 91 . He was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft with their second pick , 34th overall . After completing his second year with his college team , he played a single playoff game with the Rangers in 1991 , then split time between the Rangers and their AHL affiliate the Binghamton Rangers . He played 65 games with the Rangers in his first full NHL season , 1992 – 93 , before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers for forward Esa Tikkanen . Weight played eight and a half seasons with the Oilers , secluding a stint with SB Rosenheim of the German Elite League ( DEL ) during the shortened 1994 – 95 NHL season , serving as their captain from 1999 – 2001 . It was as an Oiler that he earned his reputation as a premiere playmaker , leading Edmonton to five consecutive playoff appearances and scoring a personal - best 104 points during the troubled 1995 – 96 season . Due to Edmonton ' s precarious financial situation , Weight was traded on July 1 , 2001 , to the St . Louis Blues , along with Michel Riesen , for forwards Marty Reasoner and Jochen Hecht and defenceman Jan Horáček . Weight spent the next three seasons with the Blues before returning to the DEL , due to the 2004 NHL Lockout , to play in the final stages of the 2004 – 05 season with the Frankfurt Lions . Upon the resumption of the NHL in the 2005 – 06 season , Weight returned to the weakened Blues before he was traded after waiving a no - trade clause , along with the rights to Erkki Rajamaki , to the Carolina Hurricanes for Jesse Boulerice , Mike Zigomanis , the rights to Magnus Kahnberg and draft picks on January 30 , 2006 . In the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals against former team in the Oilers , Weight and the Hurricanes suffered a huge blow during Game 5 , when he was sandwiched heavily along the boards by Raffi Torres and Chris Pronger in the second period of the game , which the Oilers won 4 – 3 in overtime on June 19 , 2006 . Weight missed the remainder of the Finals with a shoulder injury . His team , however , won the Stanley Cup in 7 games . Weight then returned to the Blues as a free agent , signing a two - year contract on July 2 , 2006 . During the 2006 – 07 season , Weight played his 1000th game against the Edmonton Oilers on November 17 , 2006 . With the Blues out of contention for the playoffs for the third season in a row , Weight was again traded to the Anaheim Ducks for center Andy McDonald on December 14 , 2007 . On July 2 , 2008 , Weight was given a one - year contract by the rebuilding New York Islanders . On January 2 , 2009 , Weight registered his 1000th point while playing for the Islanders , with an assist on a goal scored by Richard Park . Weight re - signed with the Islanders for the 2009 – 10 season . He succeeded former longtime Oiler teammate , Bill Guerin , as captain of the Islanders on October 2 , 2009 . Despite missing a large portion of the season to various injures and scoring 1 goal in 36 games , Weight was signed to a one - year extension with the Islanders on August 31 , 2010 . After enduring a second consecutive year decimated by a lingering back injury , Weight announced his retirement following the 2010 – 11 season on May 26 , 2011 . With his retirement as a player from the game of hockey ; after 19 seasons in the NHL . It was immediately announced by the Islanders General Manager , Garth Snow , that Weight would continue on with the organization as an Assistant Coach and Special Assistant to the GM . Weight finished as number 5 out of all American players in points . International play . Weight has played several times internationally for his country . He made 3 World Championship appeareances for the United States in 1993 , 1994 and 2005 . He was a part of the silver medal winning team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , and also played with Team USA at the 1996 and 2004 World Cup of Hockey , and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . In his only junior tournament in the 1991 World Junior Championships , he led the entire tournament in scoring with 5 goals and 14 assists in 7 games for Team USA .