Comments on: Jaromir, We Hardly Knew Ya, and I'm Not Sure We'll Miss You

By: Tilman

Tilman — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:00:01 +0000

Great article and no typical tribute story to JJ.
I like it

By: dmg

dmg — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:36:32 +0000

One thing worth noting: when the new CBA was approved it included a provision that any player’s salary could not exceed 20% of cap space, so Jagr’s contract was reduced by more than 24%, from $11M to $7.8M
@TG: I maintain that trading for Jagr was a good move. The bad moves were (1) the $77M, seven-year contract and (2) making personnel moves to trying and placate him.

By: nadir

nadir — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:34:57 +0000

I was never a fan of Jagr, even when the Caps signed him. He even said it himself when he left the Caps, he didn’t give 100% because the Caps didn’t play his type of game.
This all stems from Mario. He took a young Jagr and was with him 24/7 and instilled the “Mario” outlook on the NHL. It was great for him when he played for the Pens, but once he left, he as a spoiled little “kid” that wanted things his way. If he didn’t get it, he didn’t play.
Fast forward to the present. Same “Mario taking the youngster under the wing” has happened to Crosby. Crosby gets pissed just like Mario does when things don’t go his way. While they all have and have had game, the mental training of Jagr and Crosby in the NHL is Mario’s mindset of the game. The hack and slash behind the play when things don’t work out for them.
Good riddance to Jagr. I won’t miss him.

By: NS2NOVA

NS2NOVA — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:50:17 +0000

“He is the antidote to Jaromir Jagr, our tonic from those two-and-a-half seasons of tumult.”
You could call him the Anti-Jagr.

By: TG

TG — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:50:11 +0000

Yeah, I know it worked out badly here with JJ, but if it had come out that the Caps could have had him for essentially three spare parts/minor leaguers and the Caps didn’t pull the trigger on the trade, Ted would have received hundreds of e-mails calling him an idiot. When his head was in the game, he was amazing to watch. Too bad he wasn’t into it that much.
And any thoughts on how much longer Ron Wilson would have stayed had he not been undercut by Jagr? Although BB has worked out well, I still miss Wilson.

By: vt caps fan

vt caps fan — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:50:34 +0000

Good Riddance.