Jaromir Jagr
Jaromir Jagr
Jaromír Jágr; born February 15, 1972) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. He has formerly played in the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Dallas Stars, Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils, serving as captain of the Penguins and the Rangers. After leaving the Rangers, he played for three seasons in the Kontinental Hockey Leaguewith Avangard Omsk before returning to the...
NationalityCzechoslovakian
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth15 February 1972
CityKladno, Czech Republic
For me, it is the worst kind of sacrilege if you are given some of special talent and you don't take advantage of this gift.
I'm trying not to be a kid all the time, but it's hard.
Crosby is a great player, but I'd have to say Ovechkin, who is also a great player but doesn't have the same kind of support, and who does something great on almost every shift.
My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.
You appreciate things after you lose them.
We didn't respond to the stuff they played. We weren't smart enough.
We're fighting for first place in our division, so it's huge.
Tom is a great guy. He's not only a good coach but I think he understands the life of the hockey player and how important it is off the ice to treat the players. The chemistry on the team is great and, so far, it's been fun for everybody here.
We need some scoring and we need some defense, too. There are a lot of players around the league that see this team is going in a different direction than before.
We've got five months before the season starts. Hopefully, if there is any surgery it's not going to be complicated and I might start practicing next month.
We've got nothing to lose. We're almost dead. I said that if I could play, I was going to play. I didn't help much. Somehow we have to score goals.
We gave the other team a lot of odd-man rushes. Maybe we are tired and we're making mistakes, but this is not the way you want to go into the playoffs.
When I play games I don't really care. Everyone is replaceable. I just tried to help the team.
When they're calling everything, you have to be smarter. It seems like every time we lose, it's because we've screwed up and we make stupid plays.