Family, Golf And F1 Races: Kings' Kopitar Reveals His Retirement Plans
With just a sliver of the 2025-26 season and Anze Kopitar's NHL career remaining, the Los Angeles Kings captain was asked about his plans for retirement in a recent interview with Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.
It's known that Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar is retiring at the end of the year and that this is his last season in the NHL. When he announced his retirement in a press conference before the beginning of the season, Kopitar said that he wanted to take more time out of his life to be a dad. But on Monday, Sportsnet's 32 Thoughts podcast released an interview between Friedman and Kopitar.
In that interview, the veteran center shared some more details as to what he had planned for his retirement and what he might want to do with his time off. When Friedman asked Kopitar what he is looking forward to in retirement, Kopitar reiterated what he said before, with a few extra plans set in mind as well. "I'm really looking forward to be a dad now," Kopitar told Friedman.
"I mean, as a professional athlete, you miss a lot of stuff, especially kid stuff. " The Kings' captain continued to share how important to him it is to him to become more available for his family, and how excited he is for that next chapter in his life. 'Probably Montreal': Kopitar Reveals Where He Would Consider Playing Aside From Los Angeles In an interview with Elliotte Friedman before the Los Angeles Kings' game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, Anze Kopitar revealed that if he ever had to play for a different team, it would be the Montreal Canadiens.
"I'm really looking forward to drive them everywhere and anywhere, spend time at home," he said. "(The kids) are getting older now, so they understand more… it's going to be a chapter in my life that I'm really looking forward to. " Aside from looking after his two kids, Neza and Jakob, and spending quality family time, he also has different plans to enjoy himself away from the rink .