Jagr Watch 2017

[Henry Hank]

Sign him for the League Minimum and trade him to Edmonton

The funny thing is, a year or two ago Jagr went to the press with his usual empty words and said that if he came back to the NHL, Edmonton would be his first choice because they showed interest in him then. Whatever happened to that, Jaromir?

[Gaucho]

Somebody hacked Idoit's account.

[pensrule]

I thought RS was smarter than this....

Meaning what?

There was absolutely no reason to pull the offer, unless you didn't want him in the first place or you want to be a hard azz). Just go about your business, sign who you want and if it's too late for Jagr when he comes calling, too bad for him. This is a childish act by RS.

[Desiato]

I wanted Jagr, but I don't really care if he signs or not. Its a joke that Shero pulled the offer before an official offer even existed. Shero showed that he had no intention of signing Jagr by handling it this way, he put it on Jagr so the fans wouldn't lynch him.

Shero made Jagr a contract offer on Tuesday. Jagr had between then and 11:30AM Friday to accept it, but chose to play whatever his game is instead. They may not have been able to sign the contract until noon, but they could have had an agreement in place.

Shero was more than patient with Jagr. He extended his own deadline by 1.5 days to accommodate his indecision. There's nothing childish about Shero's conduct.

Ah well. Jagr got to be the centre of the hockey universe again for a couple of days. That's probably all he really wanted.

[Daniel87]

Sign him for the League Minimum and trade him to Edmonton

The funny thing is, a year or two ago Jagr went to the press with his usual empty words and said that if he came back to the NHL, Edmonton would be his first choice because they showed interest in him then. Whatever happened to that, Jaromir?

I don't think anyone bought that bs when he said it, let alone now.

[jeffshly]

Its a joke that Shero pulled the offer before an official offer even existed. Shero showed that he had no intention of signing Jagr by handling it this way, he put it on Jagr so the fans wouldn't lynch him.

What are you smoking? No "official offer?" It's been out there for a few days?

Out there and unable to be accepted. Jagr was never able to sign a contract, there was no real offer.

Are you being sarcastic or are you serious about this???

Even though Jagr couldn't put ink to paper until noon today, he very well could've agreed to terms at any time. He also could've very publicly announced that he would be a Penguin and that he would be signing a contract at noon today. The offer was there. Jagr and/or his agent made their intentions not to agree to the terms outlined in that offer known.

If you really are of the belief that Shero's pulling of the offer before noon today proves that their offer was a ruse to make themselves look good, you'd make a perfect witness for the defense in the Casey Anthony trial.

[penny lane]

The worst thing about this is Cook has a massive boner about how happy he is

thanks for that image

[Gaucho]

I thought RS was smarter than this....

Meaning what?

There was absolutely no reason to pull the offer, unless you didn't want him in the first place or you want to be a hard azz). Just go about your business, sign who you want and if it's too late for Jagr when he comes calling, too bad for him. This is a childish act by RS.

That's exactly what he did. It certainly wasn't him who acted like a child.

[Lesky]

Lesky....pens aren't going to beg Jagr to come back...They made a fair offer (they feel) on Tuesday. Then Jagr starting getting other teams involved...

I have never asked them to beg from crying out loud, just say: ACCEPT OUR OFFER IN 15 MINUTES or the offer is gone! Not much too ask from Ray if he had any real interest in Jagr other than saving his own image.

[Myriad]

The worst thing about this is Cook has a massive boner about how happy he is

thanks for that image

Admittedly poor wording. But he had been going off since the news broke about how right he was. Very annoying. I've moved to TSN.

[Idoit40fans]

I don't care about Jagr or his agent's intentions. What did Shero have to lose by putting on offer out there until 12:00:01 and then pulling it?

[sprtn55]

This epic thread just got even more epic.

[jeffshly]

Lesky....pens aren't going to beg Jagr to come back...They made a fair offer (they feel) on Tuesday. Then Jagr starting getting other teams involved...

I have never asked them to beg from crying out loud, just say: ACCEPT OUR OFFER IN 15 MINUTES or the offer is gone! Not much too ask from Ray if he had any real interest in Jagr other than saving his own image.

And how do you know that they didn't do this? How can you blame Lemieux for not being very ticked off over the way Jagr and Svoboda have handled this?

[KG]

We don't know how the negotiations...something tells me imposing a deadline for Jagr to sign wouldn't have worked either...

May be all for the best...

[pensrule]

I thought RS was smarter than this....

Meaning what?

There was absolutely no reason to pull the offer, unless you didn't want him in the first place or you want to be a hard azz). Just go about your business, sign who you want and if it's too late for Jagr when he comes calling, too bad for him. This is a childish act by RS.

That's exactly what he did. It certainly wasn't him who acted like a child.

No, he pulled the offer. That's childish.

[HomerPenguin]

Lesky, I just checked and it appears that the domain name "letsgojagr.com" is available if you want to jump on it.

[Jamie]

Lesky, why would Svoboda go public and announce other teams are INVOLVED if Jagr had true intentions of signing in Pittsburgh? If he had any true intentions of signing in Pittsburgh, he keeps that under his hat. Sorry but the evidence I see is Svoboda drumming up a biddiing war for the most money.

[Lesky]

RobRossi_Trib Rob Rossi
Last straw for #Pens was the other teams being brought in Thursday night. Way this was handled by Jagr doesn't sit well with #66. #tribpens

Pretty much tells me that he Penguins never got back to Jagr. Shero just withdraw the offer like he probably was planning all the time!

Pretty much tells me you have no idea what happened

I would say they withdrew the offer AFTER Svoboda mentioned MORE teams to them.

I think they are done with Svoboda. If Jagr HIMSELF called and said I'll sign I think they would still do it.

Jagr would never do that now even if he had planned to sign with the Penguins.

Why? Because what Shero did showed he had no interest in Jagr whatsoever.

Thats what irks me. I wish Jagr at least would have the chance to say yes or no.

How hard can it be to make a phone call?

[Gaucho]

Lesky....pens aren't going to beg Jagr to come back...They made a fair offer (they feel) on Tuesday. Then Jagr starting getting other teams involved...

I have never asked them to beg from crying out loud, just say: ACCEPT OUR OFFER IN 15 MINUTES or the offer is gone! Not much too ask from Ray if he had any real interest in Jagr other than saving his own image.

He had about THREE DAYS to accept the offer, for Pete's sake. Geez...

[seabiscuit]

How can you possibly side with Jagr over the Pens on this? Inconceivable!!

[jeffshly]

I don't care about Jagr or his agent's intentions. What did Shero have to lose by putting on offer out there until 12:00:01 and then pulling it?

I think it's a safe bet that he pulled the $2M offer to Jagr in order to issue another offer for that money to another player. You can't have offers out there that put you over the cap limit because, if both were accepted, the Pens would be over the cap limit.

[Daniel87]

I thought RS was smarter than this....

Meaning what?

There was absolutely no reason to pull the offer, unless you didn't want him in the first place or you want to be a hard azz). Just go about your business, sign who you want and if it's too late for Jagr when he comes calling, too bad for him. This is a childish act by RS.

This was Shero's way of saying "you're too late, time's up." It doesn't really matter if it's at 11:30 or 3:30. Jagr had plenty of time to decide, but gave Shero no indication that he would.

[KG]

I'm sure this decision was not a Shero decision alone....I'm sure the big guy isn't too pleased...

[Desiato]

Lesky....pens aren't going to beg Jagr to come back...They made a fair offer (they feel) on Tuesday. Then Jagr starting getting other teams involved...

I have never asked them to beg from crying out loud, just say: ACCEPT OUR OFFER IN 15 MINUTES or the offer is gone! Not much too ask from Ray if he had any real interest in Jagr other than saving his own image.

Hello? Shero already extended his deadline by a day and a half. That was very big of him. And you're b**ching about another 15 minutes?

The Pens didn't have another 15 minutes to waste on him. Today, you might imagine, will be an incredibly busy day for the Pittsburgh Penguins. They had already wasted far too much time and energy on Jagr. We all have.

[IronDukes37]

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