NHL team Calgary Flames have acquired the services of 45-year-old Jaromir Jagr on a one-year deal.
The Czech will suit up for his 24th season -- and first with a Canadian team.
"I already said in a Czech newspaper it's 99.9 per cent that his will be my last season, so I want to get the experience to one day say I played for a Canadian team," Jagr said.
The five-time NHL scoring champion is second behind Wayne Gretzky in NHL history with 1,914 points (765 goals, 1,149 assists).
Jagr has played 1,711 NHL games with Pittsburgh, Washington, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Dallas, Boston, New Jersey and Florida among his former team.
He is 57 games from passing Gordie Howe for the most NHL games played (1,767).
"How do we make us competitive? We felt the best way to do this is to get the best player available, and Jaromir Jagr happened to be available," Flames assistant general manager Craig Conroy said.
Jagr started his career with Pittsburgh in the 1990-91 season and helped the Penguins win back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992.
The Czech star won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player in 1999.
Last season, he had 16 goals and 30 assists in 82 games with Florida.
"Everyone compared to my age is a young guy," Jagr said.
"Last 20 years I've played with young guys. But the last two years in Florida I played with (Jonathan) Huberdeau and (Aleksander) Barkov and combined their age is still younger than me.
"It was great for me and hopefully they can say the same thing."
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