Jagr Watch 2011

[awaz]

Is fantasy less than 3 times reality? No comprendo, senor.

Por que en espanol?

300 posts for jagr

100 posts for stamkos

 

[pixburgher66]

At least you guys got some closure today with Stamkos.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Jagr was not on 5th avenue in oakland, between desoto street and semple street in the past ten minutes....

Inquiring minds WANNA KNOW.....but we swear he is not a savior, just a bit player with a lessened role.....

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

I just got in my car, in the Forbes Avenue garage.....Jagr is not in the front or back seat. We have no response from repeated knocks on the trunk.....

 

[pixburgher66]

Shero hopes Jagr “meant what he said by wanting to right by Mario” - Chipped Ice

That's a good take on it from Shero. Calms down the psychos out there who've made up deadlines from Shero, agreements, random offers, etc.

This....is for you Jags.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Shero hopes Jagr “meant what he said by wanting to right by Mario” - Chipped Ice

That's a good take on it from Shero. Calms down the psychos out there who've made up deadlines from Shero, agreements, random offers, etc.

This....is for you Jags.

If anything, I would think this latest wishy-washyness and attention whoring would make you guys want him less. You have a really really good team. This is SO not worth even the slightest potential risk.

 

[pixburgher66]

If anything, I would think this latest wishy-washyness and attention whoring would make you guys want him less. You have a really really good team. This is SO not worth even the slightest potential risk.

As I've said in earlier posts, I think the fans have made the situation seem that way. Shero even said he never gave him a deadline and hopes he does right by Mario. If he comes here, then he took less money and is coming to win, which means he's in the right state of mind. If he doesn't, than that may not be his mind set...but then he's not here so it's a moot point. He's still a very very talented player.

 

[ELYEAH82]

I am getting down on the guy the longer this goes. I was kind of excited to begin with just because he was the Pens star and started his career here. My assumption was he was looking to come back for a year to retire with a chance to win. The longer this goes on it looks like his motives are different which sours me a bit and takes me back to the way he left to begin with.

 

[pixburgher66]

I'm just saying, while I understand getting sour on him completely, if he comes to the Pens then he followed his heart and took less money, and is 'doing right by Mario'. Which, in my mind is a noble decision, meaning I'm happy we got him. So, it works out either way.

 

[higgyfan4]

‘Jagr Watch’ goes from silly to stupid as Svoboda opens his client’s options

by George Malik on 06/30/11 at 09:27 PM ET
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So Petr Svoboda, Jaromir Jagr’s agent, has essentially held the Red Wings and Penguins in suspense while, in the words of a probation officer who raised me, [blanking] around with their time, and what does he say on the eve of free agency, to ESPN’s Scott Burnside?

More teams are in the running now, and there are no guarantees that Jagr will decide whether to join them by Friday, which is essentially a drop-dead date for Detroit and is, to a lesser extent, a hard deadline for PIttsburgh:

“There’s a lot more teams now we’re talking to,” Svoboda told ESPN.com Thursday evening.

As for getting a deal done somewhere by the time the free agency period opens at noon EST Friday, that plan appears to have gone by the boards as well. Jagr, 39, will make a decision “in the next few days,” Svoboda said.

“I’m not going to put a time frame on it,” he added. “Basically we have nothing new and I can’t tell you anything,” the agent said.

This will come as disappointing news to the Penguins who have been told by Svoboda that Jagr is definitely interested in returning to Pittsburgh where he won two Stanley Cups in the early 1990s.
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The Red Wings remain interested too although they had no new information to report Thursday evening about whether they were still being considered by Jagr.

Unreal. Svoboda claims that Jagr’s in New York and he’s in Montreal, too, but who the hell knows anymore.

Update: Equally silly, per the Free Press’s Helene St. James, the Canadiens are apparently back in the mix:

The Detroit Red Wings remained in a holding pattern with Jaromir Jagr tonight, still awaiting word on his future.

The former hockey superstar wants to return to the NHL after three seasons in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League, but the offers he has received from the Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t what he could make if he stayed in Russia.

His agent, Petr Svoboda, told the Free Press today that he was still negotiating with both teams, as well as Montreal.

Svoboda said something would have to go wrong for Jagr to head back to the KHL.

KuklasKorner : The Malik Report : ‘Jagr Watch’ goes from silly to stupid as Svoboda opens his client’s options

 

[sbb122]

I am officially done with this bullshit. Go back to the KHL and take that POS Svoboda with you. Awful as a player and worse as an agent.

 

[pixburgher66]

Not mad with Jags, but Svoboda is clearly a prick.

 

[elocomotive]

...if he comes to the Pens then he followed his heart and took less money, and is 'doing right by Mario'.

Are they banging or something? Gross.

 

[pixburgher66]

Josh Yohe (from the Trib) is on a radio show saying that Mario (he believes from other sources) was under the impression that they sort of had a handshake agreement that he was coming. So...if Mario's under that impression, then that's certainly a bridge burned if so. Yohe also saying that Svoboda is driving the Pens nuts and he feels the guy is incompetent and shouldn't be the agent for a superstar. AGREED.

 

[elocomotive]

Yohe also saying that Svoboda is driving the Pens nuts and he feels the guy is incompetent and shouldn't be the agent for a superstar. AGREED.

What other client of Svoboda's is a superstar?

Sometimes driving a team nuts as an agent is actually doing your job for your client.

 

[pixburgher66]

The Delaware County Daily Times Blogs: In The Room with Anthony SanFilippo

Well...if it's that I'll be happy But, yeah, that's not what you'd call a reputable source.

 

[pixburgher66]

I can see Mario and Jags chillin' at Mario's Villa right now, opening a bottle of Chablis while watching us squirm. I can see that.

 

[ELYEAH82]

Not mad with Jags, but Svoboda is clearly a prick.

Well if the player agrees to this tactic then Jagr should be on the shit list as well.

 

[ELYEAH82]

What other client of Svoboda's is a superstar?

Sometimes driving a team nuts as an agent is actually doing your job for your client.

Not a great idea when your client hasnt played in the league in 3 seasons and already attempted to burn this bridge in the Burgh

 

[elocomotive]

Can you guys explain what Svoboda did? I don't understand.