This evening news has come out that former Edmonton Oiler forward Alex Chiasson has decided to retire from hockey. The cycle of an NHL players career rises and then eventually falls as they head into retirement at the end of hopefully a long and successful career. Today marks the end of a career for former Edmonton Oiler Alex Chiasson after an 11 year NHL career According to multiple reports Chiasson will be hanging up his skates and look to pursue new things in retirement. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/nhlpa/status/1876332498382385155'> </a></blockquote></div> Chiasson was a second round pick of the Dallas Stars in 2009 before going on to play for a total of seven teams during his illustrious career. Chiasson became a Stanley Cup champion with the Washington Capitals during the 2017-18 season. Eventually Chiasson would call Edmonton home playing for the Oilers for three seasons and amassing 78 points during his tenure in Edmonton. He would then go on to play two more seasons of professional hockey first with the Vancouver Canucks and then the Detroit Red Wings. Chiasson was known as a player who played with a lot of passion, effort, and attention to detail all things that would set him up for a wonderful career that will he can look back on proudly. Chiasson had been out of the game of hockey since 2023 but now with his retirement it will be interesting to see if he transitions his talents into coaching or other areas of hockey going forward. As Chiasson heads into retirement we wish him and his family all the best and cannnot wait to see what he does next either in the hockey world or beyond.