Sarcastic wrote:Adam Graves gave all sorts of compliments to Jagr now and said that if anyone can come back at 39 and play, it's Jagr. I think he's got a mancrush.
Don't want to hear anything he has to say after the 2 handed wrist breaker on you know who.
Henry Hank wrote:Or he's going to be 40 this year and is coming off a couple unremarkable seasons in the KHL, where a bunch of NHL wash-outs did better than him. I loved Jagr when he was here, but he's not going to anything close to the player he used to be. People need to think with their heads, not their hearts. Shero clearly is, which makes sense because he has no emotional attachment to Jagr.
Not to mention he went from a Hart season to 70, NYR cut him, and floated around potting above average points in a second-tier league. I don't see how he is much of an upgrade over Kovy, and I don't think he warrants $2 million or more.
Not true. He followed up his Hart worthy season of 123 points at age 34 with 96 points at age 35, then, as I said thrice now, followed that up with a 77 point average over the playoffs and regular season (86 points in 91 games) at age 36. Not to mention he did this playing with guys like a 35 year old Marty Straka and Scott Gomez. Not exactly a young Malkin and Neal on his wings (along with Sid on the PP). I think it's obvious he'd score at least 60 points over a full season here.
Scott Gomes? It was more of Nigel Dawes, Brandon Dubinsky, Sean Avery, Ryan Callahan and Marcel Hossa!
ExPatriatePen wrote:I gotta admit, following #JagrWatch on twitter has had some funny moments.
the emptynetters comment last night about jagr being lost because he is at the civic arena, banging on the doors, and wondering why nobody would let him in had me laughing out loud
In 2007-2008 Jagr admitted pacing himself a bit to be at his best during the playoffs. Jagr took some serious slack for this in the NY media. The problems began after Jagrs shoulder injury. He came back too soon without a proper pre-season and his play suffered from it.
This is totally the same thing that happened to Kovalev this season. He was pacing himself through the NHL playoffs so he'd be fresh for the Togliatti summer beer and borscht league season.
Only difference Jagr lead the playoffs in scoring
No, he led the first 10 games of the playoffs in scoring. I bet you could find lots of 10 game slices of any season where some unexpected guys happened to score more points than anybody else over that short stretch.
10 games in the playoffs is always an impressive feat. He looked pretty dominant too!
Lesky wrote:I missed the interview with Ken Holland.
Did he say anything other than the obvious = Jaromir Jagr is missing somewhere in North America?
Holland said, yeah, we made him an offer but he was extremely tight lipped for this portion of the interview...(surprise!) but when pressed as to the fact of having spoken with Svboda today, he did admit that he had but that is about it along with not knowing where JJ was in N. America..
I thought somebody was going out to the golf course or airport?
Do you guys seriously think Jagr wouldn't score 60+ points over 82 games if he played all year with Neal and Malkin, and on the top PP unit? I really think it's pretty clear that he would...
Svoboda: "We do not know where Jaromir is, but we believe that while driving to Consol, an earthquake opened a rift in time and sent him to the Land of the Lost. So while we do not have an answer yet, I assure you we are still in talks with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Detroit Red Wings, and the Lost City Lizardmen."
Lesky wrote:Svoboda: "We do not know where Jaromir is, but we believe that while driving to Consol, an earthquake opened a rift in time and sent him to the Land of the Lost. So while we do not have an answer yet, I assure you we are still in talks with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Detroit Red Wings, and the Lost City Lizardmen."
