Jaromir Jagr, 52, plans to retire from pro hockey after 37th season

Jaromir Jagr is finally calling it a career.The 52-year-old NHL legend and former Rangers star is currently playing for HC Rytiri Kladno of the Czech Extraliga, which he owns. He sparked the retirement talk after referencing his “last season” in an Instagram post on Wednesday. He later confirmed to The Athletic that he would call it quits at the end of his 37th professional campaign.  Injuries limited Jagr  to just 18 games for HC Rytiri Kladno last season.Jagr remains a threat when he is on the ice, scoring his first goal of the season by putting home his own rebound in HC Rytiri Kladno’s 4-2 win over HC Sparta Praha.It was his first scored since last April.

He also has an assist this season, his eighth with the team.Jagr played 27 NHL seasons, including four with the Rangers from 2005-08 and two with the Devils from 2013-15.The No.5 overall pick in the 1990 NHL Draft by the Penguins will be best known for his first 11 sessions in Pittsburgh, which included two Stanley Cups and a Hart Trophy win during the 1998-99 season that saw Jagr net 127 points. Jagr’s best season as a Ranger came in the 2005-06 campaign in which he had 54 goals and 69 assists and led the team to 100 points before a first-round playoff loss to the Devils. He is currently fourth on the NHL’s all-time goal-scoring list at 766, fifth in assists with 1,155 and fifth in games played with 1,733.

Jagr was an eight-time All-Star who played for nine teams during his NHL career. Jagr’s final NHL season came with the the Flames in 2017-18, in which he logged 22 games....