Jaromir Jagr eyeing one final return

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.

Drury contract buy-out likely

When Ranger’s fan found out that Chris Drury would be coming to the Big Apple, there was plenty of excitement. That excitement then turned into disappointment. To say the least, Drury has underperformed in his time with the Rangers.

The talk about the former Buffalo Sabre standout is that the Rangers will be buying out the final year of his contract. Drury was set to make 5 million dollars next season.

Chris Drury missed almost the whole season due to injury this year, and it seemed that the New York faithful were becoming tired of his absence. Even when he was on the ice, Drury seemed forgettable.

To help surge the team, the Rangers brought in Wojtek Wolski. There are also reports that his contract will also be bought out. Ranger’s head coach John Tortorella was known for sitting Wolski and Marion Gaborik for prolonged periods of time during games if he thought they were underperforming. With two possible contract buyout’s, the Rangers may have some spare money to bring in some fresh, inexpensive faces.

Madison Square Garden and the New York Ranger fans expect perfection ever year. Maybe this will be a step in the right direction to keep the fans happy.