{"id":536651,"date":"2026-04-02T14:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536651\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:17:11","slug":"retirement-not-official-but-not-worth-it-to-continue-grind-after-38-pro-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536651\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement \u2018not official,\u2019 but \u2018not worth it\u2019 to continue grind after 38 pro seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It appears that,\u00a0after 38 professional seasons, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jaromir-jagr\/8448208\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/jaromir-jagr\/8448208\" target=\"_blank\">Jaromir Jagr<\/a>\u2019s hockey career may be at an end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jagr dressed in just six games with the Kladno Knights this season, posting one assist, with his last game coming on Dec. 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 54-year-old future Hall of Famer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/jaromir-jagr-talks-hockey-future-countryman-david-pastrnak-in-q-and-a\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/jaromir-jagr-talks-hockey-future-countryman-david-pastrnak-in-q-and-a\">told Adam Kimelman of NHL.com<\/a> he is not officially retired, but can no longer see himself going through the grind of professional hockey. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cNot official. I didn\u2019t say that. &#8230; It doesn\u2019t make sense to me,\u201d Jagr said. \u201cTo practice at my age, and get ready at my age, spending so much time in my life doing this for hockey, and my ice time is like maximum 12 minutes a game, and it\u2019s the travelling and everything. At my age, it\u2019s not worth it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you calculate the time I have to get ready for the games, if I enjoy it during the game, mathematically, it doesn\u2019t make sense to me. I still like it, but I don\u2019t know how long I\u2019m going to be active, be able to walk and enjoy my life. I\u2019m 54 so on my side I\u2019ve got maybe 15 more years. I want to spend it the way that I want to. I\u2019m talking about active. You can be alive until you\u2019re probably 80, if you\u2019re lucky. But I\u2019m talking about the active life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jagr last played in the NHL at age 45 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/calgary-flames\/20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/calgary-flames\/20\" target=\"_blank\">Calgary Flames<\/a> during the 2017-18 season, posting one goal and seven points in 22 games. He then returned to Kladno, who he began his professional career with, helping the team rise from the Czech Republic second league and into the top-tier Czech Extraliga. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jagr posted five goals and 16 points in 39 games last season for his highest game total since 2021-22 and second-highest since playing all 82 NHL games with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/florida-panthers\/13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/florida-panthers\/13\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Panthers<\/a> in 2016-17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Selected first overall by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/pittsburgh-penguins\/5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/pittsburgh-penguins\/5\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> in the 1990 draft, Jagr posted 766 goals and 1,921 points in 1,733 career NHL games. He won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in both 1991 and 1992. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears that,\u00a0after 38 professional seasons, Jaromir Jagr\u2019s hockey career may be at an end. 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