T.J. Oshie is asking it a profession after 16 seasons within the NHL.
The ahead, who spent 9 seasons with the Capitals after seven with the Blues, introduced his choice Monday.
“I wish to thank the Washington Capitals and the St. Louis Blues for giving me the chance to play the sport I really like, all of my teammates who battled with me each night time, my coaches who challenged me to be higher each day and the athletic trainers and tools workers who received me able to play,” Oshie stated in a information launch despatched out by the Nationwide Hockey League Gamers’ Affiliation.
“I additionally wish to thank the followers – your vitality and keenness made each recreation memorable, and it was an honour to play in entrance of you.”
Oshie, 38, has his title etched on the Stanley Cup after successful it with Washington in 2018.
However the Everett, Washington native’s profession will likely be greatest remembered for his heroics on the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Oshie captivated the sports activities world by scoring 4 shootout targets on star goalie Sergei Bobrovsky in a 3-2 win over Russia, incomes himself the apt nickname “T.J. Sochi.”
He made his announcement in entrance of a whole lot of followers at Washington Harbour in D.C. – seven years to the day from when he and his teammates famously jumped into the Harbour’s fountains after successful the Cup.
The announcement was broadly anticipated, since Oshie’s eight-year contract with Washington was expiring, and since he missed the entire 2024-25 season with a again harm.
That efficiency got here throughout one of the vital productive seasons of Oshie’s profession – a 21-goal, 60-point marketing campaign with St. Louis.
And Oshie remained an impactful participant in his time with the Capitals, taking part in a key position on the cup-winning 2018 crew and incomes his lone All-Star look with Washington in 2019-20.
Oshie scored 302 targets and racked up 393 assists in 1,010 NHL video games.
“Clearly, an unbelievable profession. Top-of-the-line gamers to play within the NHL. Some of the expert guys I’ve ever seen within the NHL,” Capitals common supervisor Chris Patrick instructed The Washington Publish. “An unbelievable teammate, an unbelievable crew man. Simply needs to win. To me, he modified the trajectory of this franchise.”
