This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here.Mark Recchi played for seven teams in his 22-year NHL career. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017. These are the four best leaders he played with.Bob “Badger Bob” Johnson, Pittsburgh Penguins coachI only had him as my coach one year in 1990. He was very unique in how he approached leadership.He was extremely positive. There was never anything negative. I met him and went through training camp, and it was just positive, positive, positive. Then we went through a bad stretch, and it was just positive, positive, positive.You think: There is no way anybody can be this positive for this long.But by the time January and February came around, I was like: This guy is still the same. He’s not changing. This is awesome.He had a big impact on me. I learned that you can still lead, but you can find a way to spin it in a positive way. That was pretty neat for me.We had some kind of party the night before, and we had a power-play practice the next day. He came into the steam room with us. We were all in there sweating out all of the beer. He hung out with us for 15 minutes and just talked to us in a great way. I don’t think many coaches will come into the steam room with you.He could look at the stats and see if I had a good playoffs, but he challenged me in a way: “How have the playoffs been? Have you been good in the playoffs?” It was just a little bit of a challenge. I knew he was trying to push a button, and it was great.We ended up winning the Stanley Cup that year.Bryan Trottier, Pittsburgh Penguins forwardHe joined the Penguins in 1990. I sat beside him and Joey Mullen, and they were both awesome. Trots just loved to communicate and talk.