Shane Doan returning to Coyotes for 1 more year

The Arizona Coyotes signed captain Shane Doan to a one-year contract with a base salary of $2.5 million on Tuesday.

The total deal will be around $5 million with a deferred signing bonus and deferred incentives for the NHL's longest-tenured captain.

"Obviously, I wanted to get it done as soon as possible, but I know there were things that needed to be put in place," Doan said. "It wasn't anything I had anxiety about or anything like that. It's something we knew eventually would get done."

The 39-year-old Doan is coming off one of his best seasons, leading Arizona with 28 goals and finishing with 19 assists in 72 games. He has spent his entire 20-year career with the franchise, starting when it was in Winnipeg in 1995, and is its all-time leader in goals (296), points (945) and games (1,466).

"He's captain, our leader, someone who brings everyone to the next level," Coyotes general manager John Chayka said. "We're excited to reach an agreement with him and get him on a team we feel has a chance to be real good by the end of the season." 

Doan had previously signed a four-year, $21.2 million contract that expired at the start of free agency this month and had been debating whether to continue playing.

Doan was drafted by the Coyotes — then the Winnipeg Jets — with the seventh overall pick of the 1995 draft and was named captain in 2003.

Ducks sign ex-Leaf Holzer

Defenceman Korbinian Holzer has agreed to a one-year, $700,000 deal to return to the Anaheim Ducks.

The German defenceman played 29 games for Anaheim last season, recording three assists. He was a frequent healthy scratch, and he also played for the Ducks' AHL affiliate in San Diego.

Holzer has 12 points in 87 career NHL games with the Ducks and Toronto.