Hockeyy Insiderr @***************
#Oilers news: Edmonton looking HARD at Jagr. Would love to add him. Don't know if mutual interest, but he would be a good veteran fit.
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Hockeyy Insiderr @***************
#Oilers news: Edmonton looking HARD at Jagr. Would love to add him. Don't know if mutual interest, but he would be a good veteran fit.
bhaw wrote:Regardless... Edmonton looks hard at everyone, but few guys even glance back.
I can look really hard at a super model, doesn't mean she even acknowledges my existence
Chris Johnston @reporterchris
Jaromir Jagr's agent confirms he's now listening to offers from NHL teams other than #flyers. #JagrWatch2012
Hockey Buzz Eklund @Eklund
Jagr to Edmonton (e3)
Josh Yohe @JoshYohe_Trib
Not much to report on Pens' front at the moment. If things don't heat up, I'm calling Svoboda.
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@tpanotchCSN
Svoboda tells me Jagr got 21 offers today!
A source told Sporting News that the Canadiens are the frontrunners to land future Hall of Famer Jaromir Jagr, having offered a one-year, $3 million contract to the 40-year-old winger who was third on the Philadelphia Flyers in scoring last season with 54 points.
Getting Jagr’s signature on the dotted line is no guarantee. His agent, Petr Svoboda, told Tim Panaccio of CSN Philadelphia, “He got 21 offers. I’m not kidding.”
Still, there is no debating that one of hockey’s greatest players moving to one of hockey’s greatest franchises would be intriguing, to say the least. In his one year with the Flyers, Jagr showed that he could still be a strong performer in the NHL after three seasons away in Russia with Avangard Omsk of the KHL.
Eight of Jagr’s 19 goals with the Flyers came on the power play, which would be a big boost to a Montreal team that was third from last in the NHL with a 14.3 percent conversion rate with in 2011-12.
Another benefit to Jagr potentially joining the Canadiens would be his veteran presence in the locker room. Players on the Flyers, young and old, raved about Jagr’s work ethic, and regularly spoke about how much they learned just from having him around. For a Montreal team whose oldest player is Jagr’s countryman, 34-year-old Czech defenseman Tomas Kaberle, adding a legend to a group of emerging forwards including Max Pacioretty and David Desharnais, with prospects coming through a rejuvenated pipeline, would be worth the gamble of Jagr’s health holding up.
One possible draw for Jagr in Montreal, aside from the city and the tradition of the Canadiens, is that he could play on a line with center Tomas Plekanec, who is from Jagr’s hometown of Kladno. Jagr played with another Kladno product in Philadelphia, Jakub Voracek, although the two were not linemates.
@Stormin1Norman
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NEWS on Jaromir Jagr #Habs did not call his agent as of now but 18 Teams called today but now its down to 4 or 5 Teams in the running #NHL
Jagr will wait until big boys get signed before he decides. As many as 12 teams interested, incl Mtl. Jagr would love to play with Habs
Dreger
Sarcastic wrote:I don't understand Jagr's reasons for this comeback. Is it the money? Is it to play for a few more years because he misses the game? Does he consider himself a pure gun for hire at this point? It seems he doesn't even care who he plays for. That's why I personally will never forgive him for choosing a bitter rival in Philly over a club that gave him a start to his career and taught him so much as a player. But that's me. It's obviously not how he thinks.
Rick Moffat @RickMoffat
#Jagr not coming to #Habs. Agent and former Hab Petr Svoboda confirms Bergevin called this morning to say no interest in Jagr.
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