Radim Vrbata is calling it a career.
Following Saturday's season-ending win over the Buffalo Sabres, the Florida Panthers winger confirmed this season was his last.
After 1,057 NHL games, Radim Vrbata is hanging up his skates.
— Jameson Olive (@JamesonCoop) April 8, 2018
Here's what he said when I asked him about his decision: pic.twitter.com/ADhi2WssqW
Vrbata signed a one-year, $3.75-million deal with the Panthers last summer, and recorded five goals and nine assists in 42 games.
For his career, he scored 284 goals and added 339 assists in 1,057 games for Florida, Arizona, Vancouver, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Carolina, and Colorado after the latter drafted him 212th overall in 1999.
Vrbata also won gold for the Czech Republic at the 2001 World Junior Championships and at the 2005 World Championships.
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