Jagr Watch 2011

[loki604]

Pens withdraw offer to Jagr!!!

offer was 1 year - 2million

Maybe He'll go to the Caps

Dammit Jagr! Why did you have to eff around?!

 

[rares]

Yeah, he's looking for $3M+, I'm sure...

 

[joe_baran]

Maybe now that they've come to an agreement w/ Kenendy, Jagr just doesn't fit in the picture cap-wise.

 

[Ho_Brah]

TK for 2 Mill for 2years!

 

[Darkstone42]

Maybe now that they've come to an agreement w/ Kenendy, Jagr just doesn't fit in the picture cap-wise.

With Kennedy's contract as rich as it is, that's probably exactly what it is.

 

[higgyfan4]

CraigCustance
Follow here for updates: Red Wings pull offer to Jagr; Talbot and Vrbata updates. More: NHL free agent central: News and analysis of the July 1 frenzy - NHL - Sporting News

 

[Automattic]

CraigCustance
Follow here for updates: Red Wings pull offer to Jagr; Talbot and Vrbata updates. More: NHL free agent central: News and analysis of the July 1 frenzy - NHL - Sporting News

Holland already said that he wasn't even gonna look at Jagr until the 2nd of July.

 

[Automattic]

I stand corrected. They aren't at all. Something big is about to happen imo.

 

[ELYEAH82]

Surely he is not the best player in the league as he was at one point. It is still a decent risk reward as far as we are concerned for 2 mil. I dont think you are going to convince any of us otherwise.

Bumping this to prove a point

 

[ELYEAH82]

I trust the FO of the Pens to give him what they deem he is worth. If it is a 2 mill hit, then I am cool with it.

Another

 

[elocomotive]

Bumping this to prove a point

Which would be... what exactly? I'm confused.

 

[ELYEAH82]

Which would be... what exactly? I'm confused.

There was debate on my questioning 3.5 for Jagr. So I was proving I had posted earlier saying 2 mil was a gamble worth taking.

 

[PhillyFate48]

There was no valid point that i read in this thread period! Oh, except Pen's fan's are pretty bitter that Jagr didn't want to play for them!

 

[elocomotive]

There was no valid point that i read in this thread period! Oh, except Pen's fan's are pretty bitter that Jagr didn't want to play for them!

Woah, let's clarify. Jagr didn't want to play for $2 million. I don't think the team mattered to him at all.

 

[ELYEAH82]

Woah, let's clarify. Jagr didn't want to play for $2 million. I don't think the team mattered to him at all.

That is my point. Apparently some Flyers fans think he turned down the Pens as a team and not due to the money. He sought out the Pens, not the other way around.

 

[pixburgher66]

Why...are we resurrecting this?

 

[flyersfan4706]

Why...are we resurrecting this?

You missed my Jagr thread today?

 

[elocomotive]

Why...are we resurrecting this?

Because it's fun to look back on stuff a little later on. Took a look at some posts in this thread today. Very interesting.

So, Ray Shero has generally been considered a great GM (and I agree with that consensus), but was his handling of the Jagr deal a major botch? I gotta say yes.

Jagr is on pace for something like 25-30G and 40-50A this year. If they had offered him even like $3mil, it probably would have gotten done but Shero held firm at $2mil and would not negotiate. $3mil seems like a steal now.

I can't imagine how scary the Pens would be if they had Jagr and a returning Crosby on top of what they are doing without either.

 

[flyersfan4706]

Jagr is not great playing with great players at this stage in his life, he is great playing with Claude "Curly headed Jesus" Giroux. Duh.

 

[awaz]

Jagr is not great playing with great players at this stage in his life, he is great playing with Claude "Curly headed Jesus" Giroux. Duh.

i will now be referring to giroux as 'curly headed jesus'. so please mark it down so i dont confuse anyone in the future.