Jakub Voracek officially retires

[Czechboy]

GOAT

 

[Czechboy]

Another early retirement for a good Czech player!

 

[ItWasJustified]

deadhead won.

Another early retirement for a good Czech player!

Jagr is stealing career years from all the other good Czech players.

 

[Czechboy]

deadhead won.


Jagr is stealing career years from all the other good Czech players.

f***en awesome comment lol. Well done.

 

[Goptor]

Haven't seen this posted.

Haven't played NHL game since his last concussion in November '22, but only now calling it officially.

Voracek retires from NHL after 15 seasons with Flyers, Blue Jackets | NHL.com

Forward, who hadn't played since 2022 because of concussions, had 806 points in 1,058 games

www.nhl.com

Enjoy your retirement, Jake.

NHLPA did him dirty there.

Only showing him as an old player. No photos of his youthful, early days.

 

[Sol]

Kinda sad

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

Point finishes: 4, 13, 18
Assists: 2, 4,

18th in points and 10th in assists in the 2010s. Was one of the best playmakers and overall a really good player at his peak

I remember when mcdavid was 15 or 16 someone asked me what current nhler his style reminded me of and I said Voracek of his speed was turned up to 11.

Sounds ridiculous in hindsight, but he was top 5 in pts and 2nd in assists around that time

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

HE WAS THE MAN.

And one of the few NHLers who faced Russian NT filled with NHL in Worlds 2010.

 

[GTislanders]

I always felt like he had so much talent and so little results.

 

[blackjackmulligan]

Damn, I'm about to delete half of my post history.



People always say this about players not fortunate enough to play for top clubs. Voracek would have made any team better.

then why did no cup contending teams ever make a move for him?

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Damn good player. Everyone talks about how the Flyers wasted Giroux’s prime, but Voracek’s got wasted too.

Are we sure Voracek getting wasted didn’t waste his prime? Great interview on chiclets, but he seemed pretty old school in that he’d rather grab beers after a game rather than stretch and take multivitamins, is the vibe I got.

I wish more players called us out, one of my favorite things was the meme of Vorachek calling out deadhead.

I’m pretty certain DeAngelo or someone close to him comes outta the woodwork as soon as you start talking shit about him. There’s this whole thing where Georgiev threw the first punch, it’s wild. Anyways, I jokingly said “calm down Tony”, and another poster responded along the lines of “there are actually family members here sometimes..”. I can absolutely see Paul Marner or the like on here, or someone’s poor grandma googling and getting the update that everyone hates lil Pierre Luc. Idk, just a weird thought.

Anywho- I mentioned Voracek being old-school, so for him to acknowledge what concussions have done.. scary, hope the dude has a healthy and happy retirement.

 

[tarheelhockey]

He was about as good as guys like Pacioretty and Duchene but seemed to be less talked about.

I dunno, to me that just comes down to the other guys being involved in media drama. As far as being talked about for talent and ability to hurt your team, Voracek was definitely up there with those other guys.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Jake, Giroux and Ghost were automatic in 3 on 3 OT.
Happy retirement Jake

 

[Seedtype]

Man, it would be great if we can figure out how to deal with concussions better.

Happy retirement Jake.

 

[majormajor]

then why did no cup contending teams ever make a move for him?

The Flyers weren't selling him. They were not rebuilding until late in his career when he was overpaid.

 

[blackjackmulligan]

The Flyers weren't selling him. They were not rebuilding until late in his career when he was overpaid.

if thats what you believe ok.

 

[majormajor]

if thats what you believe ok.

? Point to me when the Flyers were blowing up their roster in Voracek's prime.

 

[Rpenny]

Flyers got a lot of millage out of the jeff carter trade

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

A player I always enjoyed watching, would've been nice to not see him ending it on LTIR. Happy retirement!

 

[Mrfenn92]

Good luck to him

 

[Rebels57]

Great player and hilarious follow on social media. Was a pleasure watching him between 2012-2020. His playmaking and zone entry ability were elite. One of the few bright spots in a dark period of Flyers hockey.

 

[tfwnogf]

 

[Amorgus]

I really want him to do a podcast so he can let loose even more, especially if it's on the Cult of Clarke in the Philly front office.

 

[ybnvs]

then why did no cup contending teams ever make a move for him?

A "contender" did make a move for him: The Flyers.

You'll remember the Flyers traded Jeff Carter to CBUS and received in exchange Jake Voracek, 2011 first round pick (Couturier), 2011 3rd round pick (Nick Cousins).

 

[BHD]

Coyotes legend