The Valley’s professional sports market it very fortunate to have had a number of highly likable star players who have suffered through many years of losing with their respective franchises, never to say a single word of negativity, even in the face of numerous opportunities to throw some well-deserved shade.
Shane Doan played for the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes for 19 seasons and made it out of the first round of the playoffs just once.
He was unceremoniously told not to come back after the 2016-17 season, and even with opportunities to be traded prior to that season and a chance to play for other franchises after, he decided that he was a Coyote for life, retired with the franchise, and has since remained a consistent and loving former-member, never speaking a single word of ill-will.