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
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.
Sometimes, things are very bad, but you keep fighting. I'm happy for him. He deserves it.
Sometimes it's too much and it's not good. I felt like there were too many superstars on one team.
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.
Don't forget, I'm 39. I didn't come here just for the money to impress myself. I'm not saying I am going to be dominating. I'm not saying I'm going to be good. But I can promise you I will do all the right things to play.
To me, it was fast, too. But that's the way it's going to be. I think it's going to be even faster when the players get into shape. Don't forget they didn't play for a year. So heads up.
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.
Yeah. It might be the best league in the world besides the NHL.
When you're down two goals to Ottawa, it's different than down two goals to the Islanders. I respect every team in the NHL. But I think there's a difference between the Islanders and Ottawa right now.
We had a lot of chances. Sometimes it might look easy like tonight and other times it's really tough. That's just hockey.
We have a lot of rookies in the lineup. More than anybody, I would say. Its going to be something new for them. They have to understand that it's totally different hockey in the playoffs. Starting with the fans, the intensity of the game, every mistake counts.
We have to look at the big picture now. We can't think about winning four games, we have to go out (Saturday) and get that one goal. We're almost dead. We have nothing to lose.
We have to keep the next game close. We have to be able to score and not make any mistakes. We have to try to get one win and then you never know. Anything is possible. We have nothing to lose. We are almost dead.
That's the positive. I've got two days to get better. Hopefully, it will.