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
It's New York. It can go the other way, too.
It's not good for us and it's not going to get better until we win. I'm hoping it's not too late to stop it. I thought we had a big chance today and we didn't do it.
It's not a good situation that we are in. Everybody knows how important these next four games are at home. It might be our season. That's the way I look at it. I thought we started playing better in the last two games. It's just that the results are not there.
Everybody says your health is the most important thing, and he's a perfect example. If he would have been healthy, he would break a lot of records. Maybe not all of them, but I'm pretty sure a lot of them. He was the best player I've ever seen. He was the most gifted at everything - size, strength, skill, how smart he was. There is no other player like him.
The biggest thing, he's not afraid, he's not scared. I don't think he's nervous when he goes to the penalty shot. I don't think he feels the pressure.
Nobody believed we could do any damage in this league and I think that worked to our advantage.
It's always great to play your best hockey before the playoffs. They're hot, but it has to stop somewhere.
It's like when your wife is chasing you every day, everywhere you go and you want to have freedom.
It's good for him and it's good for his confidence. I thought (Sweden) had the best lineup, the best individuals and Henrik. He was playing great but if he was just playing good, they'd win. For our team (in the playoffs), he has to play great.
It's a big honor. Just look at all the players that played for the New York Rangers. Obviously, it's a big honor for me.
It's a big honor for me. I'm glad I did it in the first period. ... We need the points. We want to stay in first in the division.
It wasn't my night. That was his night.
It wasn't easy. You could see us; we had to switch around. To survive until the third period, sometimes you just have to back up. If you had six defensemen, you wouldn't. We played too careful.
It wasn't easy, but for the fans it was great.