Jagr Watch 2017

[Big Easy Pens Fan]

I'm not a 100% sure but I think the $10mil was tax free.

BEPF

[pittsports87]

I'm not a 100% sure but I think the $10mil was tax free.

BEPF

Yes, the money Jagr got paid in Russia was tax free.

[Guinness]

Another inspirational text from Mario will get it done: "Come Home".

Do it.

Beautiful. Even I got a little misty-eyed.

+1 on Jagr bandwagon

[Tomas]

Jagr to be the co-owner of HC Kladno. So, he will need all the money he can get:

http://translate.google.com/translate?j ... -zpravy_ab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Tico Rick]

So much for Jagr to the Pens. Shelly Anderson reports that he is much closer to signing with St. Petersburg than with the Pens:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11135/1146721-61.stm

It really makes much more sense for JJ: I'm sure he can get more money from them than he can from the Pens, and he'd be much closer to his team in Kladno.

[columbia]

So much for Jagr to the Pens. Shelly Anderson reports that he is much closer to signing with St. Petersburg than with the Pens:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11135/1146721-61.stm

It really makes much more sense for JJ: I'm sure he can get more money from them than he can from the Pens, and he'd be much closer to his team in Kladno.

Shocking.

[Tico Rick]

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[Ben Klingston]

Jagr to be the co-owner of HC Kladno. So, he will need all the money he can get:

http://translate.google.com/translate?j ... -zpravy_ab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Jagr to be co-owner of hockey club who raised him"

Jaromir = Mario Jr, indeed.

[pittsports87]

Jagr to be the co-owner of HC Kladno. So, he will need all the money he can get:

http://translate.google.com/translate?j ... -zpravy_ab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Jagr to be co-owner of hockey club who raised him"

Jaromir = Mario Jr, indeed.

Lemieux sold the team to Jagr?

[tonysoprano]

Indeed. Should I refuse work in Japan for what they did at Pearl Harbor?

Excellent comeback. His 'big bucks' amount to 10 mill American dollars annually & he has a 2 yr contract. Sid & Geno each make 9 mill now & they're just getting started really.

I'd forgotten how this board "rationalizes" everything... :)

I have no idea what his salary has to do with what you quoted.

[columbia]

For those who didn't have too much to dream (last night):

Jaromir Jagr Back To Pittsburgh Gaining Credibility?
http://thehockeywriters.com/jaromir-jag ... edibility/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I like the Electric Prunes too, btw.

[HomerPenguin]

There were many hockey executives there shaking their heads that he was wasting his time in Russia rather than adding to his points and legacy in the NHL.

Thats what I am talking about. Amazingly stupid to waste 3 years in Russia. But I can not imagine why Jagr now would comeback for 1 season only. It would seem more comfortable staying for a 4th year in Omsk.

Jagr was considerably less than a point per game player in his last NHL season. Leaving when he did contributed to his legacy. If he'd played two more years in the NHL and left for Russia as a 50 point per year winger, there wouldn't be this kind of unwarranted hype around him.

[HomerPenguin]

For those who didn't have too much to dream (last night):

Jaromir Jagr Back To Pittsburgh Gaining Credibility?
http://thehockeywriters.com/jaromir-jag ... edibility/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I like the Electric Prunes too, btw.

I love headlines that don't fit the article. "Jaromir Jagr Back To Pittsburgh Gaining Credibility in My Mind" would be more appropriate.

[Ben Klingston]

From PuckDaddy today, following the bronze medal game:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_d ... nhl-wp4966

"You never know. Maybe it will be still fun to go back to NHL. Maybe Pittsburgh. I don't know. Maybe Montreal. Maybe New York. Pittsburgh, I played there for a long time. Mario (Lemieux) is the owner. It's better to play with great centres like (Sidney) Crosby and (Evgeni) Malkin, this game is a little bit easier and I'm not young anymore."

Jagr has for a long time enjoyed toying with the media. In 2009, he told The Hockey News' Ken Campbell that he would seriously think about playing for the NHL minimum if Penguins owner Mario Lemieux was interested in bringing him back to Pittsburgh.

This is a guy who's had money issues in the past and was making $7 million a season in his first two years in the KHL. As much as Jagr's idolized Lemieux since they played together in Pittsburgh, are we to really believe he'd bypass the greater contract offers he'd received from other KHL teams to play for peanuts in the NHL?

Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette threw water on the Jagr-to-NHL rumors today:

"A couple of people with knowledge of Jagr's status said Saturday he has had talks with teams in the Russian league -- including SKA St. Petersburg -- about a contract for 2011-12, and that, at age 39, he has not seriously considered an NHL comeback.

SKA St. Petersburg recently hired well known Czech coach Milos Riha."

If we were betting men, we'd say you'd likely see Jagr sporting a Penguins jersey again the night they finally retire his No. 68 to the CONSOL Energy Center rafters.

As Dmitry wrote last week, Avangard has a contract offer on the table for Jagr for next season. Despite him saying today he feels like Avangard don't want him back, there would be other teams lining up for Jagr's services in the KHL should he decide to move on.

Jagr's said he wants at least one more year before returning to assume full-time duties as president of HC Kladno of the Czech Republic, taking over from his father.

[Jasmine]

I was definitely not in favor of bringing Kovalev in, but the thought of Jarimir Jagr coming back to Pittsburgh for one final year and the Pens retiring his jersey brings a tear to my eye . . . in a GOOD way!

[BigMcK]

Sweeten the deal with a lifetime supply of Kit Kat bars as an incentive if he doesn't "die on the ice" and instead gets 30 pucks past another team's goalie.

He looked good against team USA showing experience of knowing where to be to get puck rebounds and shooting lanes. If, by some unlucky chance, Sid isn't ready to go game 1 next season, how good of a marketing ploy would it be to announce the return of the Penguins second all-time points scorer?

[Admin]

If, by some unlucky chance, Sid isn't ready to go game 1 next season, how good of a marketing ploy would it be to announce the return of the Penguins second all-time points scorer?

Marketing campaign: The Return

[Ben Klingston]

If, by some unlucky chance, Sid isn't ready to go game 1 next season, how good of a marketing ploy would it be to announce the return of the Penguins second all-time points scorer?

Marketing campaign: The Return

I'll see that and raise you a "He Is Risen!"

(aka after dying alive)

[penny lane]

Dan Blysma coaching Jaromir? Sign me up for the Jaromir train, but chemistry and dynamics of a team are important and shouldn't be tossed aside. For the 2009 season, Bill Guerin fit the role as veteran leader; he changed to fit the penguins ... will Jaromir change ? I don't know. In the end, what I know about Jaromir is he wants the money.

[Doogs]

So, which one of you all has Marios number. Ask him to make the call, even for Sh@ts and giggles.

[Willie Kool]

Sweeten the deal to 5 mil. Since Sid won't be ready to go next season, we'll have plenty of cap room.

FYP

[columbia]

Marketing campaign: Mullets Will Be Regrown

[Willie Kool]

Marketing campaign: Mullets Will Be Regrown

Bandwagoners. I've been rockin' mine since '86.

[Bowser]

1-year $2 million is ok with me if Jagr is given a shot to play with Crosby or Malkin at ES and gets to help the PP.

Kunitz - Crosby - Neal
Tangradi - Malkin - Jagr
Cooke - Staal - Kennedy
Jeffrey - Letestu - Vitale

[Tico Rick]

For those who didn't have too much to dream (last night):

Jaromir Jagr Back To Pittsburgh Gaining Credibility?
http://thehockeywriters.com/jaromir-jag ... edibility/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I like the Electric Prunes too, btw.

That's far out, columbia...

Electric Prunes, 1967:
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Electric Prunes, 2009:
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