Brandon Tanev may now be a Seattle Kraken, but the legacy of his tenure as a Pittsburgh Penguin lives on.
The 29-year-old winger told DK Pittsburgh Sports in February that the wide-eyed expression staring out from his 2020-21 roster photo had, in fact, been made in reaction to spotting a ghost who walking behind the photographer; understandably, this sighting caught Tanev off guard.
The result of the haunting: a meme-able face that Kasperi Kapanen paid tribute to in his photo for the 2021-22 Penguins roster.
Tanev widened his eyes even further— and added a knowing smirk— in his first photo with the brand-new expansion Seattle Kraken.