New York, NY (My Sportsbook) - New York Rangers left wing Markus Naslund has reportedly decided to end his career in the NHL after 15 seasons.

The New York Post is reporting that Naslund, 35, has told his teammates that he is retiring despite having one year left on the two-year contract he signed with the team prior to the start of the 2008-09 season.

The Post also stated that Naslund told New York general manager Glen Sather about his decision at the exit interview on Thursday, but has not been able to confirm this.

This past season, he appeared in all 82 regular season games and all seven games of the Rangers' first round playoff loss to the Washington Capitals, a series in which the Rangers had a 3-1 lead, but dropped the final three games.

He finished the regular season campaign with 24 goals and 22 assists while adding a goal and two assists in the postseason. It marked the fifth straight season he saw a drop in production after his career year in 2002-03.

Drafted 16th overall by Pittsburgh in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, Naslund was shipped to the Vancouver Canucks on March 20, 1996 in exchange for Alek Stojanov in one of the most lopsided deals in league history.

Stojanov departed from the NHL following the 1996-97 campaign, while Naslund emerged into one of Vancouver's most prominent players in franchise history.

The former Canucks captain is a five-time All-Star and was the runner-up to fellow countryman Peter Forsberg of the Colorado Avalanche for the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 2002-03 after finishing second in league scoring with 104 points, including 48 goals. However, Naslund did capture the Lester B. Pearson Award, which is presented annually to the most outstanding player in the NHL as voted by his peers, for his performance that season. He is Vancouver's all- time leader in goals and points.

Naslund recorded 395 goals and 474 assists in 1,117 career games with the Penguins, Canucks and Rangers.