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Doug Weight's veteran leadership

 John Tavares was effusive in his gratitude  yesterday for having a mentor like Doug Weight to show him the ropes and guide him during training camp, so as a follow-up I talked to Weight today about his role as a veteran leader of a young, rebuilding team.

Weight said it's not a responsibility, but rather a desire to pay forward all of the great mentors he had when he came into the...

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