Doug Weight (Born January 21, 1971 in Warren, Michigan, USA) is a National Hockey League centre . He has played two seasons with the New York Rangers, 9 seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, and is currently a member of the Saint Louis Blues, for whom he has played 3 seasons. Weight has also played games in the German Elite League during the shortened 1994-95 season and the cancelled 2004-05 season.

Background and Early Career

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 .

Edmonton Oilers

Weight played eight full seasons and part of another one with the Oilers, serving as their captain from 1999-2001. It was as an Oiler that he earned his reputation as a premiere playmaker, playing on some mediocre teams that never had a chance at the playoffs, yet scoring a personal-best 104 points during the troubled 1995-96 season. Weight left the team in July 2001, when he was traded to the Blues (with Michel Riesen for forwards Marty Reasoner and Jochen Hecht and defenceman Jan Horacek .

Notable Achievements

Doug Weight has played several times internationally for his country. He was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and played with Team USA at the 1996 and 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and 1998 Olympics.

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• List of NHL players