(Author’s note: If the Hawks had shared last Thursday’s announcement two hours earlier, we would’ve had him as the Former Blackhawk of the Week just before he got the “One Last Shift” treatment on Sunday. But here it is, four days after the fact.)
Eric Daze just drifted away.
He played in the final 16 games of the 2003-04 season, picking up 11 points. After the next season was wiped out by a lockout, Daze suited up for the Blackhawks in the opener for the 2005-06 season, posting a minus-2 in 11:56 of ice time.