Waived: Jaromir Jagr

[hockeykicker]

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[Jee]

A sad day

 

[HogTown06]

I admire Jagr as much as the next hockey fan but in reality I think it's time for him to retire now.

 

[clunk]

What an absolute warrior. Of course he wants to resume his career...

He probably won't stop til he gets another cup to cap it off.

 

[Foppberg]

Never thought I'd see those words together.

 

[Mighty Makar]

Hang ‘em up.

 

[Shaffer]

 

[Alberta Yote]

Legend. Sad that it looks to be the end.

 

[SenzZen]

And we just claimed MPS...

 

[Boud]

He'll get traded or claimed by a contender.

 

[Mr Positive]

I gather that this means he intends to clear waivers to go back to Europe, and that all teams are made aware of this and won't pick him up

 

[Reality Czech]

Welcome to St. Louis!

 

[Fazkovsky]

Better then Logan shaw

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

This is kind of disrespectful

 

[BigRangy]

He will supposedly be assigned to Kladno in order to get some conditioning and get back in game shape

Spend about a month there then come back a little bit after the trade deadline where he'll rejoin Calgary, as long as nobody claims him today

Since the situation has been going on so long, I imagine that Flames management has been ensuring that nobody wants to claim Jagr otherwise they would have just kept him on the IR while rehabbing.

 

[Irishguy42]

This is kind of disrespectful

Pretty sure that it's not disrespectful at all, considering he and the Flames probably reached this decision together.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Pretty sure that it's not disrespectful at all, considering he and the Flames probably reached this decision together.

This is not the way I want to see Jagr go out that's all

 

[Mike Jones]

He's had a great career. Maybe it's time to retire and move on. If he's played his financial cards right he probably doesn't have to work another day in his life.

 

[Mr Positive]

This is not the way I want to see Jagr go out that's all

Calgary are fighting for their playoff lives though, and if Jagr doesn't fit in that picture then he's got to go. The fact that while he's there, there will be fans who demand he get prime minutes and play a lot just because of who he is, is a problem.

I do think he could be useful in the NHL still, in the right situation

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Sens should claim him just to give fans a reason to buy tickets this season.

I'd go to a handful of games just to see jagr in a sens jersey. I'd probably buy a jage jersey too

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[Mike Jones]

This makes a lot of sense for him.

 

[Mike Jones]

Calgary are fighting for their playoff lives though, and if Jagr doesn't fit in that picture then he's got to go. The fact that while he's there, there will be fans who demand he get prime minutes and play a lot just because of who he is, is a problem.

The Flames have also been having spectacular luck with their Stockton call ups and I imagine they want to keep making room for those kids.

 

[David Dennison]

Is there any chance he finds his way to the Olympics?

 

[Schenn]

End of an era.