Jiří Šlégr

Šlégr was drafted 23rd overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1990 NHL entry draft. Šlégr played parts of three seasons with the Canucks, before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers for Roman Oksiuta, where he played for parts of two seasons. He spent the 1996–97 season playing in Södertälje SK in Sweden. He then returned to the NHL, where he had been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a third-round draft pick, and played three and a half seasons there, wearing number 71 that would later be more associated with Evgeni Malkin. In January 2001, he was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for a third-round draft pick. Atlanta traded Šlégr to the Detroit Red Wings for Yuri Butsayev and a third-round draft pick in March 2002 and won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings that season.

He signed as a free agent with Vancouver in September 2003, but was traded to the Boston Bruins in January 2004 for a conditional pick after falling out of favor with Vancouver Canucks coach Marc Crawford. Šlégr spent the 2004–05 NHL lockout season with HC Litvínov in the Czech Republic before returning to the Boston Bruins for the 2005–06 season. After leaving the NHL, Šlégr returned to the Czech Republic to play for HC Litvínov, and for EHC Biel of the NLA during the 2007 playoffs.

Šlégr won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships and the 1998 Winter Olympics with the Czech Republic, and a bronze medal in the 1992 Winter Olympics as member of Czechoslovakia. Along with the Stanley Cup he won with the Detroit Red Wings in 2002, Šlégr won all three major trophies in ice hockey, gaining entry to the Triple Gold Club.

In the 2010 elections, Šlégr was elected into the Chamber of Deputies as a candidate of the Czech Social Democratic Party in the Ústecký kraj, a region in northern Bohemia. Although the Social Democrats won the elections, they found themselves isolated and a right-wing government led by Petr Nečas was formed instead, forcing the Social Democratic Chairman, Jiří Paroubek, to resign. Šlégr, loyal to Paroubek, followed the former chairman in 2011 when he left the Social Democrats and founded a new party, the National Socialists – 21st Century Left. Since he had refused to resign, Šlégr remained in the Parliament as an unaffiliated MP.^[1]

Šlégr announced on June 14, 2013 that he was "going back to the clean environment among athletes" and stepped down from his position.^[2]

At 42 years of age, Šlégr returned to play two more seasons for Litvínov, finally retiring for good as a player in 2015. In his last season, he also served as the team's assistant coach, which began a transition into an off-ice career. He would serve as Litvínov's head coach, general manager and club president before leaving in 2020.

On 10 October 2024, Šlégr was named the new general manager of the Czech men's national team.^[3] He replaced former teammate Petr Nedvěd, who had resigned due to family reasons.

He is the estranged son of former Vancouver Canucks defenceman Jiří Bubla. He legally changed his surname from Bubla to his stepfather's surname Šlégr as a child.

Šlégr was married for 15 years to Kateřina Šlégrová. The couple split in November 2010 and divorced in February 2013.^[4] Šlégr married Lucie Králová in May 2015.^[5]

Regular season and playoffs

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				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985–86	TJ CHZ Litvínov	CSR U16		36	3	13	16	12		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	TJ CHZ Litvínov	CSR U16		36	18	27	45	38		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	TJ CHZ Litvínov	CSR U18		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	TJ CHZ Litvínov	CSR		4	1	1	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	TJ CHZ Litvínov	CSR U18		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	TJ CHZ Litvínov	CSR		8	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	TJ CHZ Litvínov	CSR U18		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	TJ CHZ Litvínov	CSR		51	4	15	19	—		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	HC CHZ Litvínov	CSR		47	11	36	47	26		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	CSR		42	9	23	32	46		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		41	4	22	26	109		5	0	3	3	4
1992–93	Hamilton Canucks	AHL		21	4	14	18	42		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		78	5	33	38	86		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	HC Litvínov, s.r.o.	ELH		13	3	10	13	0		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		19	1	5	6	32		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		12	1	5	6	14		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		57	4	13	17	74		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		4	1	2	3	4		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Södertälje SK	SHL		30	4	14	18	62		10	4	2	6	32
1996–97	HC Chemopetrol, a.s.	ELH		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary	CZE II		5	1	3	4	—		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		73	5	12	17	109		6	0	4	4	2
1998–99	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		63	3	20	23	86		13	1	3	4	12
1999–2000	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		74	11	20	31	82		10	2	3	5	19
2000–01	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		42	5	10	15	60		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		33	3	16	19	36		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		38	3	5	8	51		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		8	0	1	1	8		1	0	0	0	2
2002–03	HC Chemopetrol, a.s.	ELH		10	2	3	5	14		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Avangard Omsk	RSL		6	1	2	3	8		9	0	3	3	45
2003–04	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		16	2	5	7	8		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Boston Bruins	NHL		36	4	15	19	27		7	1	1	2	0
2004–05	HC Chemopetrol, a.s.	ELH		46	6	23	29	135		6	1	2	3	30
2005–06	Boston Bruins	NHL		32	5	11	16	56		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	HC Chemopetrol, a.s.	ELH		41	8	8	16	134		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	EHC Biel	NLA		—	—	—	—	—		2	2	2	4	8
2007–08	HC Litvínov	ELH		45	7	6	13	121		5	1	1	2	22
2008–09	HC Litvínov	ELH		48	5	26	31	98		3	0	0	0	4
2009–10	HC BENZINA Litvínov	ELH		11	2	0	2	39		1	0	0	0	4
2013–14	HC Verva Litvínov	ELH		28	2	6	8	52		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	HC Verva Litvínov	ELH		17	4	1	5	26		—	—	—	—	—
TCH totals				152	25	75	100	76		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				622	56	193	249	838		42	4	14	18	39
ELH totals				246	36	79	115	671		20	2	6	8	66

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International

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Year	Team	Event	Place		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1989	Czechoslovakia	EJC			6	3	1	4	4
1990	Czechoslovakia	WJC			7	3	4	7	18
1991	Czechoslovakia	WJC			7	0	9	9	14
1991	Czechoslovakia	WC	6th		9	2	1	3	32
1991	Czechoslovakia	CC	6th		5	0	1	1	25
1992	Czechoslovakia	OLY			8	1	1	2	14
1996	Czech Republic	WCH	8th		3	0	0	0	6
1997	Czech Republic	WC			8	1	1	2	35
1998	Czech Republic	OLY			6	1	0	1	8
1998	Czech Republic	WC			6	0	1	1	20
2004	Czech Republic	WCH			3	1	0	1	2
2004	Czech Republic	WC	5th		7	0	2	2	10
2005	Czech Republic	WC			9	0	0	0	6
Junior totals					20	6	5	11	36
Senior totals					64	6	7	13	158

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