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 do not think it is soon. I think there is time to leave, at least I feel so. This is my feeling.
When I play games I don't really care. Everyone is replaceable. I just tried to help the team.
He's a great guy. He's not only good coach, but I think he understands the life of hockey, how important is it off the ice, to even treat the players off the ice, not only on the ice. The chemistry on team, it's great. It's so far been fun for everybody here.
He's been the best goalie in the league for such a long time, for the last 10 years maybe. Plus, he looks like he even gets better as the games get tougher. We have to shoot the puck and hope for the best, hope that he's going to have a bad game. We just have to hope.
If something would have happened (in terms of a Russian comeback), I think I would have been able to go.
I always had more assists than goals, ... It's just this year I look like a goal scorer.
He won the Cup here. Once you do that, your place in history has to be guaranteed.
I am happy for it. Look at the great players here in the past 80 years.
I believe we can be the best in the league right now. Why not? Anything is possible.
We got a point but we want to get two.
We don't score many goals. Of course, I'm frustrated. Who wouldn't be? You don't want to lose three straight at home. And you've got a tough schedule coming up to. I'm more upset than frustrated.
You have to play the game to feel how well you're playing. You know sooner or later you're going to come back. We were down two goals because we were making mistakes, not because we were playing poorly, and it almost cost us the game.
You have to make sure you score at home because on the road you don't see many hats. That's a tradition, that's the way it is. I don't ask why or when this started.
You have to have guts to do that move. In front of 20,000 people watching you, it's not that easy to do.