Matt Martin announced his retirement Tuesday after 16 NHL seasons, all but two with the New York Islanders, a departure that leaves the league with only a few players who take the ice without a visor.
Martin was one of just five holdovers in the league who played without a visor on his helmet. His move to the front office as special assistant to Islanders general manager Mathieu Darche makes Ryan O'Reilly, Jamie Benn, Zach Bogosian and Ryan Reaves the only visor-less players remaining.
The NHL and NHL Players' Association agreed in 2013 to mandate visors for newcomers, grandfathering them like helmets were decades earlier.