NHL legend Jaromír Jágr, 52, announces plans to finally retire from professional hockey

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We are seeing the end of a very, very long hockey era.

Jaromír Jágr, 52, has been playing pro hockey in his home country of the Czech Republic since 2018, right after he finished his 24th NHL season.

However, he says that this season will finally be his last.

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Jaromír Jágr controls the puck during a training session with the Kladno Knights hockey club in Kladno, Czech Republic, on Feb. 1, 2018. On Dec. 20, 2023, the 51-year-old winger made his season debut for his hometown Kladno Knights in the Czech league in what was his return to action in his 36th professional season. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek/File)

Jagr hinted in an Instagram post earlier this week that this would be his final season. He confirmed that was the case in a phone call with The Athletic.

Jagr made his NHL debut with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990 after being the fifth overall pick in that year's NHL Draft. Before that, he was a pro for what was then known as Poldi SONP Kladno.

Today, he owns, and plays for, that team, now known as the Kladno Knights.

Jagr played in the NHL in each season from 1990 to 2004 and then played overseas during the league's lockout. After the 2007-08 season, in which he dressed for the New York Rangers, he played three seasons in the KHL in Russia.

Jaromír Jágr skates during warm-ups after having his number retired before the game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Feb. 18. (Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images)

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