Jagr Watch 2017

[Kerry Fraser]

He'll sign wherever he can get the most lucrative peanut butter deal.

[Ben Klingston]

Maybe Kovalev scared GMRS from doing this sort of thing again.... ?

[columbia]

Maybe Kovalev scared GMRS from doing this sort of thing again.... ?

Don't discount that idea; even if 66 were to put the pressure on, I don't see it happening.

[tonysoprano]

Maybe Kovalev scared GMRS from doing this sort of thing again.... ?

Don't discount that idea; even if 66 were to put the pressure on, I don't see it happening.

I don't think it would scare him away from doing what he did given the position he was in, but to lock a guy like that up for the entire season? Yeah - I agree with both of you.

[spiritfan]

i got two words for Jagr.......... RIVERS CASINO !!!!

[Mongoose87]

Maybe Kovalev scared GMRS from doing this sort of thing again.... ?

Kovalev was never going to be an all-time great.

[Ben Klingston]

Maybe Kovalev scared GMRS from doing this sort of thing again.... ?

Kovalev was never going to be an all-time great.

Who said anything about him being an all-time great? Regardless of whether their previous performance put them at or near top of NHL in those respective years, or at the top of NHL all-time, their situations are still very similar: Hoping they can re-kindle a bit of magic where they reached the peaks of their respective careers.

Kovalev experiment was well worth it for a 7th rounder, even though it didn't work out.

Paying Jags 1.5-2M for a whole year deal is a bit riskier.

I understand if GMRS wants to play it a bit safer even if the upside isn't as great as bringing Jags back, but I hope he does it.

[NJ5934]

I am the only one who would rather have Upshall than Jagr?

Probably.

LOL....the guy was slow and had no heart 5 years ago......wake up CP!!

[Firebird]

Jagr to Winnipeg - E5

[Tomas]

Jagr wins his 10th Golden Stick Award (Czech Player of the Year). Zbynek Michalek ended 17th.




1. Jaromír Jágr (Avangard Omsk/KHL) 1005 bodů,
2. Tomáš Plekanec (Montreal Canadiens/NHL) 804,
3. Roman Červenka (Avangard Omsk/KHL) 743,
4. Ondřej Pavelec (Atlanta Thrashers/NHL) 662,
5. Patrik Eliáš (New Jersey Devils/NHL) 352,
6. Martin Straka (HC Plzeň 1929) 328,
7. David Krejčí (Boston Bruins/NHL) 304,
8. Tomáš Vokoun (Florida Panthers/NHL) 297,
9. Martin Havlát (Minnesota Wild/NHL) 267,
10. Marek Židlický (Minnesota Wild/NHL) 224.

11. Tomáš Vlasák (Plzeň) 212 bodů,
12. Dominik Hašek (Spartak Moskva/KHL) 181,
13. Karel Rachůnek (Jaroslavl/KHL) 178,
14. Martin Růžička (Třinec) 170,
15. Milan Hejduk (Colorado/NHL) 129,
16. Jakub Štěpánek (Petrohrad/KHL) 124,
17. Zbyněk Michálek (Pittsburgh/NHL) 108,
18. Tomáš Rolinek (Magnitogorsk/KHL) 83,
19. Milan Michálek (Ottawa/NHL) 76,
20. Tomáš Kaberle (Toronto/NHL; Boston/NHL) 74,
21. Miroslav Blaťák (Ufa/KHL) 45,
22. Jakub Voráček (Columbus/NHL) 42,
23. Petr Sýkora (Davos/Švýc.) 36,
24.-25. Michal Neuvirth (Washington/NHL) a Alexander Salák (Färjestad/Švéd.) oba 29,
26. Lukáš Krajíček (Třinec) 26,
27. Aleš Hemský (Edmonton/NHL) 24,
28. Petr Nedvěd (Liberec) 18,
29. Michael Frolík (Florida/NHL; Chicago/NHL) 16,
30.-31. Jakub Kovář (České Budějovice) a Roman Málek (Vítkovice) oba 15,
32. Jiří Burger (Vítkovice) 14,
33. Radim Vrbata (Phoenix/NHL) 12,
34. Lukáš Kašpar (Astana/KHL) 11,
35.-36. Roman Hamrlík (Montreal/NHL) a Jan Marek (CSKA Moskva/KHL; Mytišči/KHL) oba 10,
37. Milan Gulaš (České Budějovice) 9,
38.-40. Petr Čajánek (Petrohrad/KHL), Petr Hubáček (Kometa Brno) a Jiří Hudler (Detroit/NHL) všichni 8,
41. Josef Vašíček (Jaroslavl/KHL) 7,
42.-43. Miroslav Kopřiva (Slavia Praha) a František Ptáček (České Budějovice) oba 6,
44.-45. Tomáš Duba (Třinec; Zlín) a Marek Malík (Vítkovice) oba 5,
46.-48. Petr Leška (Zlín), Radek Martínek (New York Islanders/NHL) a Petr Průcha (Phoenix/NHL; San Antonio/AHL; Petrohrad/KHL) všichni 4,
49.-50. Viktor Hübl (Litvínov) a Viktor Ujčík (Vítkovice) oba 3,
51.-54. Jaroslav Bednář (Davos/Švýc.), Radek Bonk (Třinec), Petr Čáslava (CSKA Moskva/KHL) a Martin Růžička (Pardubice) všichni 2,
55.-58. Radek Duda (Plzeň; Chomutov), Jan Kovář (Plzeň; Ústí nad Labem), František Lukeš (Litvínov) a Ondřej Němec (Čerepovec/KHL) všichni 1.

[André]

Just struck me how he looks like Seth MacFarlane.

[Lesky]

Jagrs girlfriend is hot!

[Why Not Us]

Jagrs girlfriend is hot!

I'm sure in the Czech Rep. Jagr could have his choice.

[Lesky]

Jagrs girlfriend is hot!

I'm sure in the Czech Rep. Jagr could have his choice.

Because of the mullet or its wallet? (the mullets wallet)

[Physical_Graffiti]

Just struck me how he looks like Seth MacFarlane.

[SolidSnake]

Jagr should of clocked Krejčí upside his head with that trophy

[Lesky]

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hocke ... _pact.html

Third paragraph from the bottom of the article. They say Jagr most likely will sign with the Montreal Canadiens.

[tonysoprano]

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hocke ... _pact.html

Third paragraph from the bottom of the article. They say Jagr most likely will sign with the Montreal Canadiens.

Not shocking. Plekanec is one of his best friends, and there were rumors after the WC's that they wanted to play together.

[Tomas]

Interesting interview with Jagr. Says he had a long telephone interview with Mike Babcock:

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[Pens15]

Man...I know between his age, not playing in the NHL for 3 years, and our cap situation, it's doesn't make much sense for us to take the chance on him. Personally I wish we would do it anyway, based largely on emotions.

[Lesky]

Thanks Tomas.

I wish Jagr had been as loyal to the Pens as you are to us here

[tonysoprano]

Jagr isn't loyal to anyone aside from Jaromir Jagr.

[emptyfriend]

Straka's still playing somewhere????? Man, I loved that guy.....

[spiritfan]

does that chick really understand what the "Golden Stick" award is for?

[Lesky]

With Jagrs personality I think this is whats going on in Jagrs mind with regard to potentially joining the Penguins:

1. If Mario Lemieux does not contact Jagr, Jagr sees this as an indication that the Penguins have absolutely no interest in him! Odds are that he even thinks
the organisation are still pissed about the way things ended in 2001. Jagr is also a proud man and would not want to risk embarrassing himself by offering his service to the Penguins only to be denied!

2. Jagr obviously feels awkward about the way things ended, and does not enjoy speaking about (with exception during the Rangers-Penguins series in 2007-2009) This alone is one reason Jagr is not sold on going back to Pittsburgh - because he knows he must face the media hord pressing him about it over and over again.

3. Jagr probably knows he has to win back the fans as well, and thats certainly not a positive thing when he picks club.

Summary: If Mario Lemieux does not contact Jagr - there is no chance at alla there will be any contact between the Penguins and Jagr!

Do I blame Jagr for feeling this way? Well, I think its pretty understandable, so it would be only logical for him to feel this way.