CantLoseWithMatthews
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To be honest this is on him. He should have stopped before this season
Waived: Jaromir Jagr
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letsgrowcactus
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Not true - he trained as usual, but as he said, nothing prepares you better for the intensity than actual games (five months not playing games is a lot).
I doubt he'll be hanging them up - he loves the game so much, he'll simply keep playing in Europe.
On the upside, maybe I'll now get to see him live in Kladno
Johnny HFBOARDS
Trade you!
BonkTastic
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Agreed.
I wonder... it's a lost season in Ottawa, but we still need to sell tickets for the rest of the season. We have 16 home games left, maybe a team like the Sens claim him to give the fans a reason to come to the arena for the rest of the season? Seeing a future HHOFer, even at his age and ability, might drum up enough ticket sales and jersey/merch sales in a season that is otherwise a total write-off to make it worth it?
Horse McHindu
They call me Horse.....
Jagr wants to resume his career......
Pitsburgh needs an emotional spark of some kind to re-motivate themselves......
I'm just saying.
Pitsburgh needs an emotional spark of some kind to re-motivate themselves......
I'm just saying.
Terry Yake
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as far as i know, he's been battling injuries most of the season so i think he's still better than the jagr we were seeing play in calgary
i hope this isn't the end of his NHL career. with some time off to get back to full health i think he can still contribute to a team, but if this is the end at least he'll be continuing his career in europe
guy just loves playing hockey
i hope this isn't the end of his NHL career. with some time off to get back to full health i think he can still contribute to a team, but if this is the end at least he'll be continuing his career in europe
guy just loves playing hockey
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orby
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Pens have already turned it around, and they have no room for Jagr. Right wing is their number one area of strength. Jagr would not even crack their nhl lineup this year. Now, if he were a center...
TheFinalWord
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Pittsburgh is 7-3 in their last 10. I think they're doing OK without him. He's done as a player in the NHL. If some team wants him as a mascot, to try and sell seats, then more power to them.
Habs should grab him to replace Andrew Shaw's minutes while injured. He has needed to play alongside Plekanec for his whole NHL career.... if he has success, trade him to a contender at the DL. Need another Jagr jersey.
Anyone hoping that he gets claimed, I'm just gonna fill you in.
He was only here for 4 months or so, but he clearly had an effect on the youth here. This alone made it worth bringing him in.
As for his play, don't get your hopes up. He's still strong on the puck, but his puck handling is poor, and he's probably the slowest skater in the league. He's a lot like Iginla last year.
He was only here for 4 months or so, but he clearly had an effect on the youth here. This alone made it worth bringing him in.
As for his play, don't get your hopes up. He's still strong on the puck, but his puck handling is poor, and he's probably the slowest skater in the league. He's a lot like Iginla last year.
Not true - he trained as usual, but as he said, nothing prepares you better for the intensity than actual games (five months not playing games is a lot).
I doubt he'll be hanging them up - he loves the game so much, he'll simply keep playing in Europe.
On the upside, maybe I'll now get to see him live in Kladno
Incorrect, he did not train as per usual, if he had he would have played some preseason games, he did not, but don't take my word for it. To quote Jagr himself "Give me a little bit of time because it was a little bit of a different summer, when you don't have motivation to practice, to go any direction, I didn't know where I gonna play If I ever gonna play, so now I know so I probably gonna need a little more time than usually, but after a while I can promise you i'll do everything to help this team."
He says it 1:08 seconds in
DFF
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If he cant help the Flames who desperately need offense, I doubt if he can help anybody. Contending or not.
LordNeverLose
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I hope the Isles claim him. No way he's more useless than Chimera or Fritz or Quine or Prince
letsgrowcactus
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Of course it was a different summer, but that doesn't mean he didn't train. I think you misunderstood what he meant.
Translated from a Czech article from late September:
[Jagr speaking about the Olympics]
"I'd like to talk about the topics: Jagr and international plays and Jagr and Olympics. About two days ago, we did an interview with (Czech reporter) where they asked me what are my aims and options in the upcoming season, and I answered: "firstly, I'd like to return to the NHL for at least one more year, and if that didn't work out, I'd like to play somewhere in Europe, or in Kladno and attempt to get to the Olympics. I spoke honestly, didn't really think about it, I said it how I felt it, and I didn‘t believe it would lead to such humbug, that it would appear in the media next day, that the reporters would start calling all the hockey experts and trainers, asking if (I would be) an asset or not an asset, if it would be good if Jagr played or not...
To explain why I wanted it - how it occurred to me, why I said that - I believe every human, not just me, but every human, not just in sports but in every job, in life, needs goals. Goals, motivation, and the bigger and harder goals and motivation he chooses, the better job he does. That's why I also need some motivation, some goal, whenever I go into a season. Usually I wanted to be the best hockey player I could be, score as much goals as I could, play well, be as useful to the team as I could be. Now, it occurred to me that the best motivation for me if I don't go the NHL would be to try to return to (the Czech national team). But I didn't think if I was good that I'd be there - it would depend on the trainers, my form, it would depend on various circumstances, whether I'd be useful or not. I can't influence that; the only thing I can influence is pick the best goal I can and go determinedly after it, do the maximum for reaching it. It doesn't really matter not if I'll be (at the Olympics) or not; what I really wanted was to set a goal for myself so I have motivation for next season, so I didn't just go to the skating ring to just skate around and then go home; I wouldn't be a professional then, I'd be an amateur who does hockey just for fun and I don't want to be that just yet. So I hope you understand I meant it like that, that I didn't want to (cause all this attention), and I'd be the happiest if nobody talked about it anymore, and what shall come will come and that's what I'd say about that. I'd thank all the reporters if they would stop calling the teams and trainers whether or not I should be an asset in the Olympics; I just saw it as my biggest, best motivation if I stay in Europe. Thank you."
Attitude or not training enough was never the problem.
Royale With Cheese
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If he played his financial cards all wrong, he'll still never work a day in his life. He's earned almost $136 million. And that's just the NHL!
Jaromir Jagr
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Rebooting myself
CF84
I want to go home, O I want to go home!
DFF
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Age
Nobody can avoid it....his body can not handle the NHL schedule anymore... at 46, he has played more than 99.9% of his peers.
Time to do something else, party in his case
Fitzy
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Jagr is going to keep playing, guys, just probably not here.
If Straka, Rucinsky, Nedved can play in the Czech league until 43-44 years old, Jagr can certainly play there until he's 50.
If Straka, Rucinsky, Nedved can play in the Czech league until 43-44 years old, Jagr can certainly play there until he's 50.
letsgrowcactus
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For the good of Czech hockey, he needs to finally have kids and pass on those crazy genetics
(Although, I'd feel sorry for any hockey kid with Jagr as the dad. Imagine the pressure and expectations with that surname...)
Bruce Granville
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Damn...the last player who's older than me.
So, I'm not young anymore?
So, I'm not young anymore?
DudeWhereIsMakar
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I think he'll get claimed, but if nobody else does, hopefully Pittsburgh claims him just so he can retire a Penguin.
