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 wasn't doing it for the drama. I said if I could play, I would. I knew I wouldn't be any good, but I gave it my best.
It doesn't matter. We just have to face Sweden.
It doesn't matter. We have to get ready for the next game whether I play or not.
It doesn't matter. I'm gonna try everything I can to be back ... (but) we can do it (without me).
Well it doesn't matter how I feel. Sometimes it's a matter of luck. Sometimes you have so many chances and you can't score and other times you feel like every shot is going to go in. That's the way I have felt the last couple games.
We have to take a step back a little bit because we thought we were a lot better than we really are. The past two games have shown us that we're not there yet. It's OK as long as you learn from it.
Maybe if we would have anybody good on the power play that was right-handed, he wouldn't get a chance to play there. It's about opportunity.
I might be more excited than I was before the Olympics. Our goal is to make the playoffs, but we don't want to just make the playoffs for the first round and go home. I want to be in the best condition I've ever been in my life, to know when a crucial time comes, I'm ready.
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 didn't do it yet and it's too early to celebrate. We have to make sure we get in the playoffs first and take care of other business later.
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.
You know we were prepared more so than in the past games. The first ten minutes they had seven minutes of power play. When we killed it and it works both ways. It gave us the momentum on our side and plus their top guys get tired.
I faked the shot to see what the goalie was going to do and then I hit the net.