Breaking: NHL star hints at retirement after a Hall-of-Fame worthy career.

One of the best players of this generation may soon be gone.

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Breaking: NHL star hints at retirement after a Hall-of-Fame worthy career.

One of the best active players in the game is hinting at the end of his career.

While he did not come right out and say that he was going to be walking away from the game of hockey, Colorado Avalanche forward Jarome Iginla made comments that make it very obvious that retirement is now weighing on his mind.

"I remember watching guys like when [Teemu] Selanne was debating and [Nicklas] Lidstrom and Mark Recchi; it's year-to-year," Iginla said as per NHL.com's Amalie Benajmin. "I'd always be like, 'Oh, they know for sure if they're playing or not.' Now I totally understand it, I totally do. And I realize that they didn't [know] because I don't know.

"I know I'm not playing that much longer no matter what it is, and then take it as it comes. I don't know. I don't know if I'll play again, or I may."

Iginla is closing in on 40-years of age so it shouldn't come as a surprise that he is seriously contemplating walking away from the NHL. He will have over 1500 games under his belt by the time he ends his career, and with already 1279 points to his name he is a surefire future hall of fame inductee.

"I realize that I'm going to miss it," Iginla said. "People retire, you hear about the adjustment of oh, well, it's been what we do and all that. But I'm also going to miss it because it's fun. It's a ton of fun. It's not just what I'm used to, it's fun to come to the rink and compete and get ready to battle and win, and I'm going to miss that."

Iginla will be a free agent at the end of the season, and will have to make a decision about his future at that point.

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