I think you have post-traumatic stress disorder from the week before July 1st and your memory is protecting you.
Lesky wrote:First of all, when did Jagr owe it to the Penguins to deny or accept their offer 80 minutes or so before free agency? Shero said several times there was no deadline handed out to Jagr - Jagrs camp was not told by Shero that the Penguins offer were going to be pulled at 80 minutes prior to free agency.
Apparantly Shero either was happy to withdraw the offer or he simply changed his mind about not giving Jagr a deadline and withdrew the offer
Or apparently Jagr and Svoboda disingenuously stalled for days when they were asked to simply say yes or no, so they could try to drive up the price at the last minute, causing both the Penguins and Wings to get fed up and pull out at the same time.
Shero: "After several days, with
an extended time frame for making a decision, and additional teams getting involved, we have decided to move in a different direction. It was never our intention to get involved in a free agent bidding war, and we have to focus on our team."
"Shero had expected an answer from Jagr on Wednesday based off information provided by Svoboda. Wednesday passed without contact from Svoboda. Shero didn`t hear from Svoboda until Thursday afternoon. Late Thursday night, an ESPN.com report surfaced that quoted Svoboda saying many more teams were in the mix."
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"General manager Ken Holland told the Free Press today that the Wings “are out on Jagr. We made an offer and he doesn’t want it, so we’re done.” Sources close to the team say Jagr’s camp was just too slow and too flighty, which tested the Red Wings’ patience."
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This is all part of the conspiracy to sully the reputation of Jagr and Svoboda's perfectly normal, above-board actions, I guess. Shero and Holland couldn't play games with Jagr and Svoboda anymore because they had to allocate the $2m they'd earmarked for him for discussions with non-enigmatic players and real agents capable of grown-up negotiations.
What makes you think Jagr got the wrong impression of being on the 3rd line? If the Penguins said to Jagr Tyler Kennedy was their priority and he was a 3rd liner, why would they offer Jagr only 2 million if they saw him as 1st or 2nd line player?
Neverminding that Tyler Kennedy scored 20 goals and was signed to be a potential top six winger, so wanting to keep a 25-year-old long-term is hardly some slap in the face, the idea that the Penguins would sign Jaromir Jagr and play him at 3rd line RW behind Kennedy and Pascal Dupuis is ridiculous.
If Jagr can play with Giroux there is no reason why he could not play with Crosby or Malkin.
I agree. Only a crazy person wouldn't think so.
"I think it would be a problem if I would play in Pittsburgh with Crosby or Malkin, left handed, and have to play on the other side, when I’ve played all my life on the right side, I don’t think I would be able to play there. Or if I go to Detroit, with Datsyuk and Zetterberg, they’re left-handed and they play on the boards where I used to play at. I don’t think I would have a chance to play at all."
- Jaromir Jagr