The Chronicles of Young Jaromir Jagr: 1992 Patrick Division Final Game 5

[Heat McManus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT3P8aTLkW4

Damn that second goal is a beauty.

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[Kranix]

First two plays are Vanbiesbrouk making two great saves, he was a competitor.
That penalty shot goal was so automatic. Big difference between when a guy is in the zone during a game and in the shootout. I remember Jagr not wanting to be put in the shootout.

 

[JackSlater]

What a bump. Might as well put the video into the thread though:

 

[The Panther]

He was so big and so athletic. But that was a damn-bad check-attempt by Beuk on the 2nd goal. He knows better than that.

 

[Michael Farkas]

What a bump

The last time the OP logged on to this website, Jagr had only played for four NHL teams...

 

[Kranix]

I will say, with the risk of being rebuked by the experts, that Jagr is the best player of all time. He's certainly my favorite.

 

[Nerowoy nora tolad]

I will say, with the risk of being rebuked by the experts, that Jagr is the best player of all time. He's certainly my favorite.

IDK, even if you adjust for how competitive and focused Jagrs era was, Gretzky, Lemieux, and Orr will still come out on top.

IMO even if you teleport prime Gretzky to 2019, his stickhandling and passing abilities are still the best in the league for 2019. He would need to increase his jump a lot to handle the modern games speed, but his era wasnt that slow that he couldnt adapt.

I feel like the point where most players become comparable in absolute all time terms is somewhere in the middle to late O6 Era. A guy like Howie Morenz was impressive, and has definitely earned his legacy when you factor in how significant he was for his era but I cant imagine him being a star in 2019 NHL based on just his skating abilities. A guy like Tony Esposito though? I could easily see him being an NHL starter given time to adjust to the current era for equipment, rules, styles, etc.

 

[c9777666]

Everyone talks about the Francis blue line goal from game 4 of the '92 Patrick Finals, but Jagr's game winning goal was the turning point of this series- that was the moment NYR never recovered from.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I will say, with the risk of being rebuked by the experts, that Jagr is the best player of all time. He's certainly my favorite.

I mean... slow down there bud, you'll have an accident

 

[scott clam]

I will say, with the risk of being rebuked by the experts, that Jagr is the best player of all time. He's certainly my favorite.

You can call him the strongest player of all time if you want, and you won't be wrong. Strongest with the puck anyways.