Veteran ahead Kyle Okposo capped his occupation in taste by way of serving to the Florida Panthers win the Stanley Cup in June.
3 months later, Okposo introduced his retirement from the NHL on Thursday after 17 seasons.
Okposo, 36, mirrored on his occupation in an open letter allotted by way of CAA, which represents him.
“(Thirty) years of enjoying hockey was once unbelievable,” he wrote. “It introduced me to a couple wonderful puts and equipped such distinctive stories. I consider the sport is in a great spot at this time, however the chances are huge. I am taking a look ahead to proceeding to give a contribution to the sport because it reaches new heights.”
Okposo have been held off the scoresheet in all six regular-season video games with the Panthers. Florida obtained him on March 8 from the Buffalo Sabres, with whom he had 22 issues (12 objectives, 10 assists) in 61 video games.
Okposo notched two assists in 17 playoff video games to lend a hand the Panthers seize their first Stanley Cup in franchise historical past.
Okposo tallied 614 issues (242 objectives, 372 assists) in 1,051 occupation video games with the New York Islanders (2007-16), Sabres (2016-24) and Panthers. The Islanders decided on Okposo with the 7th total pick out within the 2006 NHL Draft.
–Box Degree Media
