Kyle Okposo is retiring as a Stanley Cup Champion. He announced his retirement on Thursday. Okposo started his career with the New York Islanders, where he was the 7th overall pick in the 2006 NHL Draft. He played 17 seasons in the NHL for the New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres and finished his career with the Florida Panthers.
Kyle Okposo Calls Retirement After 17 NHL Seasons
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Kyle Okposo has had an amazing career in the NHL. He had had 242 goals and 372 assists in 1,051 NHL regular-season games. Kyle Okposo played in just six regular season games for Florida, failing to register a point. In the 2024 Playoffs, he played in 17 of the possible 24 games, including six of seven in the Stanley Cup Final. He tallied just two assists in the playoffs. Okposo went to the playoffs four times in 2013, 2015, and 2016 with the Islanders, then finished last season with the Panthers after joining them at the trade deadline. He went on the run in the playoffs with the Panthers, who ultimately won the Stanley Cup for the first time.
On the one ice celebration, the Panthers did not make Okposo wait any longer to hold the trophy after Captain Alexsander Barkov accepted the trophy from Commissioner Gary Bettman; he handed it to goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and Bobrovsky then handed it to Okposo.
Okposo has called his time playing hockey “incredible.” Okposo wrote:
“It brought me to some amazing places and provided such unique experiences,” I believe the game is in a great place right now, but the possibilities are vast. I’m looking forward to continuing to contribute to the game as it reaches new heights.”
He called his experience with the Florida Panthers “What an experience, what a moment with these guys,”. Okposo said that night. “I took a leap of faith 3 1/2 months ago and this is what it was for. I wanted a chance to win and these guys, they’re just an incredible bunch. We did everything to win. We did it the hard way.”
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