The 50-year-old announced Wednesday he is leaning toward playing next season for Kladno in the Extraliga, the top professional league in the Czech Republic.
"I know some of you will not believe it, but I am really looking out at the next season," Jagr wrote on his Facebook page. "Are you looking forward to it, Kladno fans?"
Jagr said he could return for his 35th season of professional hockey because of teammate Tomas Plekanec.
"'Pleky' has a dream to play in the playoffs with Kladno," he wrote. "Are we going to try to make it happen for him together?"
Plekanec, who played in 1,001 NHL games, the last in 2018-19 with the Montreal Canadiens, was a member of Brno of the Extraliga for two seasons (2018-2020) before signing with Kladno, his hometown team, for the 2021-22 season. In 56 games this season, he had 53 points (17 goals, 36 assists), fifth most in the league. Plekanec also had 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in five games in the relegation-promotion series against Dukla Jihlava, which Kladno won 4-1 to avoid relegation.
Jagr, who is also an owner of his hometown team, had 19 points (eight goals, 11 assists) in 43 games this season and two assists against Dukla Jihlava.
Selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins with the No. 5 pick in the 1990 NHL Draft, Jagr ranks first in League history in game-winning goals (135), second in points (1,921), fourth in goals (766), and fifth in assists (1,155) and Stanley Cup Playoff points (201).
Jagr played 1,733 games over 24 NHL seasons for the Penguins, Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils, Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames. He is fourth in NHL history in games played, the last of which came in 2017-18 with the Flames.
Jagr won the Stanley Cup twice with the Penguins (1991, 1992) and was awarded the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player in 1999. He also won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer five times (1955, 1998-2001) and was named an NHL First Team All-Star seven times.
The Facebook post updating his playing status for 2022-23, which was written in Czech, came on the same day Jagr revealed on Instagram he had been involved in an automobile accident. He described the incident with a tram as "my fault."
"On Plzeňská, I tried to cross from one direction to another. I checked the other side and drove into it at the right time. But there was a lot of traffic and I didn't have time to react to the tram, which was going at high speed in the same direction as me," he wrote. "I noticed it half a meter in front of me, at the last minute. I thought [I would be dead]. I have always believed that force majeure has a hand over me, and today I have seen it again.
"Thank God! And it also surprised me and actually saved my KIA, from which, despite what it looked like, I climbed out without injury. But most importantly, nothing happened to the passengers on the tram. I would like to end this sad event. And I thank everyone for their understanding and also for their help to those who intervened on the spot."
