Although Jaromir Jagr played two and a half seasons with the Florida Panthers, fans fondly remember that time because it was the last time the future Hall of Famer scored over 20 goals and 60 points in the NHL. After departing as a free agent in the summer of 2017, Jagr signed with the Calgary Flames and played 22 games in Canada, last skating in the league on December 31, 2017.
Since then, he's been playing in his home country of Czechia with Rytíři Kladno, the team he owns in the Czechia league. According to many social media videos, Jagr, who turned 54 in February, is still lacing'em up with Kladno.
54-year-old Jaromir Jagr has yet to suit up for his club, Rytíři Kladno, in training camp or preseason.
— BarDown (@BarDown) August 31, 2026
After 38 professional seasons, Jagr says he's "still keeping myself in shape, but I’m not training as if I were going to play.”
If this is it, what a freakin' career Jags had… pic.twitter.com/hp5jXIc3Jx
Last year, as an alternate captain, he played only six games and picked up a single assist and 10 penalty minutes. At the moment, Jagr says he is not playing for his team in the regular season, but says that he’s never leaving the ice and continues to skate because it’s all he knows.
Jagr’s incredible early NHL successes
Drafted fifth overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990, Jagr made an immediate impact on a team led by Mario Lemieux and would go on to win the Stanley Cup in his first two seasons in 1991 and 1992. Meanwhile, Jagr took over for Lemieux, who retired early in 1997, and led the franchise into the new millennium, when his former teammate and now boss returned in 2000.
From 1980 to 2001, only three players won the Art Ross Trophy as the league’s scoring champion: Jagr, Lemieux, and Wayne Gretzky.
Jagr eventually left Pittsburgh in 2001 when he was traded to the Washington Capitals. At the time, he was the franchise’s second-leading scorer, and the organization retired his number in 2024 for his contributions. He’d spend parts of three seasons with the Capitals before moving to Broadway, where he set the New York Rangers single-season points record with 123 in 2005-06.
Jagr departs North America and returns
As a free agent in 2008, Jagr signed with Avangard Omsk in the KHL and served as their captain. In three seasons, he tallied 66 goals and 145 points.
He returned to the NHL in 2011, signing with former archrival the Philadelphia Flyers and beginning a seven-season tour of six teams, including his trip to the 2013 Stanley Cup Final with the Boston Bruins and, of course, his stint with the Panthers from 2015 to 2017.
Florida acquired the living legend via a trade with the New Jersey Devils on February 15, 2015, for a second-round pick in 2015 (Ryan Gropp) and a third-round pick in 2016 (Rem Pitlick). In just 20 games after the trade, Jagr would finish 15th in team scoring with six goals and 18 points.
The following season, 2015-16, he led the Panthers in points with 66, finishing ahead of Jussi Jokinen (60), Aleksander Barkov, and Jonathan Huberdeau (each with 59). Jagr had the second most goals (27) and assists (39) on that year’s team. In 2016-17, his final full season in the NHL, Jagr skated in all 82 games, a feat he had achieved only once since his return in 2014 with the Devils. He finished fourth in scoring with 46 points thanks to 16 goals and 30 assists.
Overall, Jagr is the second-highest scorer in NHL history with 1,921 points, the only other player besides Gretzky to surpass 1,900 points in their career. He also ranks fourth in games played (1,733), fourth in goals (766), and fifth in assists (1,155).
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