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
I always had more assists than goals, ... It's just this year I look like a goal scorer.
Some people picked us for last in the NHL. I think they're very wrong.
I'm pretty sure they're going to do everything they did in the regular season. It's not important. For sure, they're going to use all the tricks to stop me, and I have to use all my tricks to beat them. It's a chess game.
It is awfully exhausting and devastating. This is sport and sometimes it simply does not work.
First we have to clinch the playoffs, and then the real excitement is going to come in the playoffs.
Monday night, we weren't thinking. Tonight, the two goals they scored were not because of mental breakdowns. They were goals that just happened.
It's not easy to face him. Everybody knows how good he is. But we don't have a choice. We have to face it. They beat you with with one goal or two goals. They're not going to beat you 7-0.
I thought we were dominating from the first shift. Even when the score was tied after the first period, we were in their zone and we had a lot of scoring chances.
You can't win with one goal. That's the bottom line. The way we played was not good.
Don't forget we are from different countries, and everything is different. Even if we like it here in America, it is still a different country. If you have a guy from the same country who can speak the same language around you, it is more comfortable.
He won the Cup here. Once you do that, your place in history has to be guaranteed.
The New York Rangers don't have much experience in the playoffs the last years but the players are different. You have to forget about what happened the day before and think forward, never be too satisfied and never be too angry.
The team decided after one month after I came here they were going to sell everybody. After the trade deadline, there were only two players left on the team from when I came here.
There's no doubt in my mind we're going to make the playoffs, ... I don't think this is a rebuilding year; no way.