Jaromir Jagr eyes one more return in the NHL before calling it quits.
If Jaromir Jagr was a musician, you could consider this his “farewell tour.”
Jagr is looking to enter back into the NHL after playing overseas for the Avangard Omsk of the KHL.
His agent has touched base with the Red Wings, Rangers, Canadians, Capitals and Penguins to see where their respective general managers stood on accepting him for one final run in the NHL. He is also reported as asking for a significant pay cut to be able to be on a contending team.
Jagr is hardly the player he once was. His final seasons with the Rangers were strong, but obviously down hill from his days with the Penguins where he teamed with Mario Lemieux. Jagr wants one more Stanley Cup run before finally hanging up the skates.
If Jagr comes at the right place, I can see the Red Wings giving him a deal. The Wings are good for signing over-the-hump players to one-year deals. The Wings were at the top of the leaderboard in average age for a hockey team. Thought Jagr will probably not be the scoring machine he once was, he could probably be another veteran player to help out a tired Wings team. That is, Jagr doesn’t become tired himself.
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Jag’s has the game to go the distance in the NHL until he’s probably 50, and that’s only a half-joke. The guy is still a treat to watch, and unlike guys like Gretzky who at the end of their career lost their speed, or lost that scoring touch, Jagr still hast. It’s something to do with his mystique, his personality and his love of the game I think.
I wish he’d return for one more year with the Rangers, purely out of love for the guy and no other reason. He really rejuvenated hockey at the garden and when paired with Straka and Nylander, I think was probably the most entertaining line of the new NHL. they did things that were old school, intriquite and unique, all while playing a game of puck control, east/west style hockey instead of the forecheck-heavy north/south style you see now.
If Jagr goes to Detroit, I certainly will root him on. I just hope he doesn’t land back in Pittsburgh, the ingrates don’t deserve him.
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As far as Jagr goes, I wish he does return for one final season too. Detroit and the Rangers would be the ideal teams I would enjoy to see him more. As far as his speed is concerned, I am not so sure he will be able to keep up with the larger sized rink in the NHL, as well as the quicker, smarter young players that have entered the league in the past few years. He will hold his own, but I don’t think he has that “dominant” force anymore. The Rangers could use some veteran leadership to help ease their struggles of the previous season, and Jagr may be able to help them. He said he wants to go to a Cup contender though, and that may be the reason he passes on the Rangers. Either way, he has had a H.O.F worthy career, and I hope to see him return to the NHL this season.