Maybe he does now, in light of having revived his reputation in his sunset years, but he didn’t feel like that at the time. He scored a lot of points and everything else about him was a distinct negative.
What a fabulation.
Jagr was a rock star in the late nineties, routinely picking up more ASG votes than Lemieux. He was getting voted into the EC starting lineup each and every ASG since his second season. If his rep was so bad and negative, how come the hockey fans wanted him at the ASG although he was far from elite then?
The truth is, in the nineties, Jagr was popular beyond comprehension. It was only during the 2000-2001 season and especially during the WSH period when his rep took a hit and his hockey stock plummeted.
Of course he had haters and detractors. That always happens with the best. But to say everything about him (but points) was a distinct negative is fabulation.
EDIT: Just checked. Yep. Jagr got fan-voted into the ASG starting lineup eleven times in a row from 1992 till 2003. You should bow down and apologize to the magic mullet and his legacy for regurgitating fantasies invented by his detractors and then passing them to the young, innocent and unsuspecting fans who gobble every word from the old