The captain of the Ankitar team says it will retire after the NHL season
Anz Koutar, who is widely considered the greatest player in the history of the concession of the kings and is preparing to become the top scorer of the leading team at all, announced on Thursday that he will retire at the end of the 2025-26 season.
“I felt this is the right time, but I say I am looking forward to this season,” said Kobar, who added the decision to spend more time with his family. “I still have a lot of motivation. I have a lot of energy, and a lot of desire to compete at the highest level.”
Patras said he was confident that his decision would stop – even if the kings were made throughout the game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.
“My mind is component. It was a difficult decision,” said. “I want to get this out of the way now, to where I am not a team … … I felt this is the best time.”
Upon his twentieth season entered the kings and the last year of his contract, the decision was somewhat expected from the leader of the 38 -year -old team. he Tell Kcal News last month He was thinking about retirement and that he could be his last season in NHL.
Director General of Kings Ken Holland told the NHL network In July, Kobar indicated that he was not looking to extend this summer contract and intended to take matters “one year at one time.”
The Kopitar advertisement came just hours after Clayton Kircho, a Dodgers crew, would retire at the end of the season.
“It should be something in the universe for us to decide to do this on the same day,” said Cokar.
Kopitar Hall Accreditation has already been created. The greatest player ever of Slovenia helped lead the kings to the Stanley Cup privileges in 2012 and 2014 as part of four basic, which included Dustin Brown, Jonathan Kwik and Droh Doti.
The Kings Anze Kopitar Center celebrates the Stanley Cup after the kings defeated the New Jersey Devils team to win the first title of the privilege in 2012.
(Robert Gotier / Los Angeles Times)
The second Kopitar is ever occupied by the franchise, with 1,278 points in the 1454 games game. 30 points are from the score of the Marcel Dionne team for most points (1,307). It is ranked third ever in the goals of the concession (440) behind Luke Rubiatel (557) and Dion (550) and advances in passes (838). He is a winner twice in SELKE TROPHY (Best Defense Strip) and winner of Trophy Lady byg three times (Pinctormanly Play).
He was drafted 11 years by kings in 2005, Kopitar was an immediate influence during its upward season 2006-2007, where he got 20 goals and 61 points for a troubled team that was in the middle of the drought in the match for six years.
In the end, with Daghty joining the team in 2008 along with the steady growth of Brown, Quick and Kopitar, the kings returned to the qualifiers in 2010 before the first Stanley Cup of the excellence in 2012 was seized.
Kopitar has emerged in a team that had many great people, including NHL scorer Wayne Gretzki.
“It is really difficult for me to sit here and say I am the greatest king. This is not only my personality.” [Taylor]Wayne, Blake [Rob Blake]. The list can last a little. The cake. Individually, yes, but it is related to the collective victory. “
With KOPITAR decision, the biggest question remains in a list facing kings whether they can re -sign Adrian Kemp For a long -term deal. Kembe, who led the team in points in the last two seasons, is in the last year of his contract.
On Sunday, kings open to the ducks at Empire Classic in Toyota Arena in Ontario. They start the normal season against Colorado Avandch at Arena Crypto.com on October 7.