Coyotes' Doan reluctant to trade life in the desert for shot at Stanley Cup

For Shane Doan, there's no place like home.

Only once has Doan's hockey season extended past the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but the Arizona Coyotes captain doesn't appear to be preparing for a trade that might set him up to compete for an NHL championship.

"Everyone talks about the way Ray Bourque did it ... storybook ending, but there's a lot of guys that it doesn't work for," Doan told Mark Masters of TSN. "If you make that decision you have to understand the consequences that go along with it. This is my home."

Doan is, of course, referencing the legendary defenseman who spent the bulk of his career with the Boston Bruins before moving to the Colorado Avalanche late in his career and winning a Cup before calling it a career.

But, as he's seen over the course of his 19-year career, it doesn't always work out that way; to wit, long-time Clagary Flames captain Jarome Iginla moved from Calgary to the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston with nary a ring to show for it.

As a first-round pick of the then Winnipeg Jets back in 1995, Doan seems to value being a career Coyote over the uncertainty of moving elsewhere.

In so doing, he risks spending his NHL twilight years firmly entrenched in a rebuild, with a 2012 trip to the Western Conference finals growing increasingly smaller in the rear view mirror.

In 45 games for Arizona as a 38-year-old, Doan has scored 10 goals and added 17 assists with 109 shots, proving he can still be an effective forward.