The 38-year-old-forward played for nine NHL teams in 13 seasons. He spent the past three seasons with Karpat in Liiga, the top professional league in his native Finland.
He scored 26 points (nine goals, 17 assists) in 51 games this season.
"I've always demanded a lot of myself, and when I wasn't able to meet those demands any more, it was time to call it quits," Jokinen said Wednesday. "The main reason was I wasn't able to play any more at the level I've played most of my career. I couldn't help the team as much as I wanted to, so I knew it was the right time to hand [in] the skates."
Jokinen, a sixth-round pick (No. 192) of the Dallas Stars in the 2001 NHL Draft, scored 563 points (191 goals, 372 assists) in 951 games for the Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes, Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida Panthers, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, Columbus Blue Jackets and Vancouver Canucks. He scored 32 points (17 goals, 15 assists) in 54 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
His last NHL season was 2017-18 when he played 60 games for four teams.
Jokinen won a silver medal with Finland at the 2006 Turin Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. He also helped Finland finish second at the IIHF World Championship in 2016, and third in 2006 and 2008.
NHL.com/fi independent correspondent Varpu Sihvonen contributed to this report.
