Brenden Morrow wanted to reach 1,000 games in the N.H.L., so he held off on retirement just to make sure a team was not looking for a veteran to help with another Stanley Cup run.
The offer never came, and Morrow walked away Thursday saying he had no regrets after a 15-year career that started and ended with trips to the finals.
“I know I didn’t leave anything out there,” Morrow said after signing a ceremonial one-day contract with Dallas, where he spent his first 12-plus seasons as a first-round pick from 1997. “Every shift, every game, I gave everything I had.