When you look back on this era of Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, Trevor Daley is not going to be one of the first names you think of.
He will not have a statue outside the arena or his number hanging in the rafters.
But none of that should take away from the impact he made in his very brief tenure with the team.
I thought of this the moment I saw that he retired from the NHL as a player on Monday and joined the Penguins’ front office.
For me, Daley will always be synonymous with the mid-season turnaround during the 2015-16 season that set the stage for back-to-back Stanley Cups.