Former Bruins, Penguins defenseman Zach Trotman announces his retirement

Penguins defenseman Zach Trotman has decided to call it a career, per an announcement on his Instagram page. He was set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer.

The 30-year-old spent the past four seasons with Pittsburgh in a depth role, seeing NHL action in his first three seasons with the team. However, injuries (including a torn meniscus in training camp) limited him to just eight appearances with AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in 2020-21 and Trotman cited injuries as the reason for hanging up his skates.

Trotman had a good career for someone that was drafted at the back of the seventh round in 2010 (210th overall) by Boston, playing under an NHL contract for nine seasons while making a little over $3.5M in the process, per CapFriendly. He ends his playing days with 91 career games played at the top level where he had 13 points while averaging just under 17 minutes a game in playing time.