VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- When Doug Weight looks down the New York Islanders bench, he recalls advice from his father.
"My dad said things are going to go good and they're going to go bad," Weight, the Islanders' interim coach, told The Globe and Mail earlier this week. "Pucks are going to go in and they're not. Just make sure, when the coach looks down and sees your number, he thinks: 'I trust him and I want to put him back out there.'
"To be honest, I feel that way about most every guy in our room.