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 got hit, it's swollen. I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. I have to talk to the doctors first. We have the whole day tomorrow to figure out something. I'll do anything to play, you can bet on it.
It probably happened in the last shift of overtime and I didn't know about it. All you need is a little bit of a slash and they can break. ... That's the way it goes. I was lucky on my goal and unlucky on the penalty shot.
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.
I was lucky again, and you have to be lucky in this tournament. It was good to score because you never know what will happen in the final three minutes.
If something would have happened (in terms of a Russian comeback), I think I would have been able to go.
I am not running from that. If that happens, it would be a big honor to me and I would feel a lot more comfortable than if that happened a year ago.
I'm glad they did it because we can learn. Something might happen in the playoffs and we have to learn from that -- how to handle that.
All we needed was one victory or one point and we couldn't do it. You know, for whatever reason, hopefully we can forget everything that happened the last two weeks and move on.
It would take a miracle (to play). It's feeling better, but there's too much pain.
It was very special for me. I had so much time to look around and put the puck where I wanted to.
I've been playing with Marty for a long time. He knows where I'm going to be and I know where to look for him.
I've been on some hot streak lately. Hopefully, I can play the same way in the Olympics, but hopefully I can play even better when I come back after the Olympics. I go to represent my country, but my job is to play good for the New York Rangers .
The way I saw it from the outside, there was always pressure on the New York Rangers, for the GM to make moves. It was kind of ... necessary,
The way I look at it, home-ice advantage or no home-ice advantage, if we're going to play like that in the playoffs, we're going to lose anyway.