Kyle Okposo announced his retirement from the NHL on Thursday after 17 seasons. The 36-year-old forward retires after winning the Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers last season.

Kyle Okposo is going out as a Stanley Cup champion. Okposo, who played 17 seasons in the NHL and finished that run as part of the Florida team that won a title last season, announced his retirement on Thursday.

NHL veteran Kyle Okposo was traded from the Buffalo Sabres to the Florida Panthers in hopes of getting the 36-year-old his first Stanley Cup. Not only did the Panthers go on to win the Cup, but Okposo gets to go out on top.

“We'll be very sure that our day is completely focused on what we're doing, not living in the past, and maybe more importantly, that whole hangover idea of not living in the future,” said Panthers Head Coach Paul Maurice.

That is, except at the Florida Panthers' practice facility. The champs are back to work. Florida opens training camp on Thursday and coach Paul Maurice is making this much clear: It's time to start building for the next title run, not time to keep reveling in the title run that was completed in June.

We’ll make very sure that our day is completely focused on what we’re doing, not living in the past, and then, maybe more importantly, the ‘hangover idea,’ not living in the future.’

Kyle Okposo, the former Sabres captain who capped his 17 NHL seasons by winning his first Stanley Cup with the Panthers, has announced his retirement.

Kyle Okposo is going out on top. After winning the Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers last season, Okposo, 36, announced his retirement from the NHL on Thursday.

The Florida Panthers pose with the Stanley Cup after beating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. Matias J. Ocner [email protected]