The Shocking Reason Behind Christian Fischer’s Sudden NHL Retirement at Just 28
The days leading up to NHL free agency are always a whirlwind. When the market officially opens each year, at noon ET on July 1, teams, players and agents alike all have to be ready to make major life decisions in a matter of hours.
So as that day approached this year, former Coyotes, Red Wings and Blue Jackets winger Christian Fischer noticed that he had a couple of missed calls from his agent, Craig Oster of Newport Sports Management — who was no doubt wanting to plan for those decisions.
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What Oster didn’t know was that Fischer’s decision had already been made: he is retiring from the NHL after nine seasons and 523 games, at the age of 28.
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