Jagr to play for yet another season (2021-22)!!!
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:45 am
Why would you even tough Jagr at this point?
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Throw these dudes in the gulag
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Jaromir Jagr after 3/4 of the season (after his team - HC Kladno - played 42 games):Jaromir Jagr in the middle of the season (after his team - HC Kladno - played 28 games):
GP: 26
G: 7
A: 11
PTS: 18 (2nd best in Kladno after Plekanec with 25 pts, 40th in the league scoring race (15 teams).
HC Kladno is 14th out of 15 teams. Right now they'd be headed into a play-out series with the winner of the 2nd league. They are 7 points (in a 3-point system) ahead of the last place (sure relegation into CZE2) and 10 points behind the 13th place (that would save Extraleague for the next year).
Jagr: I didn't want to waste God's gift in my life, but I'm not a predator anymore
February 14, 2022 17:34
Jaromir Jagr (un)celebrates 50 years. It's his birthday on Tuesday, but he says it's a perfectly normal day for him. He reminisced with reporters about his dad, who told him in his youth that he would be strongest just after 40. But the hockey forward admits that he has long since changed from a fearsome predator, eager to be the best, to a herbivore who enjoys nurturing young talent.
Have you ever doubted if you will really last until you are 50?
I didn't talk about it myself, I always answered your questions. I remember my father. I was fifteen and he told me that if I had a physique like his, I'd be the strongest after forty. I believed that if I didn't get hurt, it shouldn't be a problem.
Have you ever doubted whether you will really last until you are 50?
I didn't talk about it myself, I always answered your questions. I remember my father. I was fifteen and he told me that if I had a physique like his, I would be the strongest after forty. I believed that if I didn't get hurt, it shouldn't be a problem.
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So at what age did you feel your best?
Everyone had their pluses and minuses. The important thing is that when it goes away physically, you replace it with reason, opinions. Just make the most of the time and don't get unnecessarily nervous or stressed. It doesn't matter how old we are.
Do you ever get nostalgic?
Everyone reminisces at the end of life, that's all we have left. But I don't mind living in the past, it's nice.
Is 50 a big break?
We'll see. I don't feel like it. I have the advantage of having a lot of young people around me, which makes me age a little slower. Tuesday will be a perfectly normal day, my loved ones know I don't enjoy celebrations, let alone surprises.
Can you imagine being without hockey one day?
It might already be here (smile). If you want to win, you have to have the desire. Don't look left or right like a predator. I haven't had that for fifteen years, I don't need to be the best like I was in my twenties. Now I'm an herbivore who just needs grass.
Kladno?
There's not much grass there! (laughs) But yes, I want to help Kladno. Look, I'll never be without hockey, it makes me happy to be with the players. And it gives me the greatest joy when young people listen to me, do it and then come and say: Jardo, you were right.
Do you feel your age?
I don't want to get up in the morning. But that's because after the game I don't fall asleep until 3 a.m. because of the adrenaline and emotions. And to get to practice, I have to get up before 8:00.
What goal do you still have in life?
I have always believed that God gave me a talent and a gift. I didn't want to beat myself up for never fulfilling it. Goals, trophies and recognition... That comes with it.
And which trophy stands out?
You have three main ones. The Stanley Cup, the Olympics and the World Championship. The hardest thing to win is the Olympics because it's every four years and you have to be very lucky. Winning the NHL is the fairest because it's not about chance. You just have to be better. The easiest is to win a championship. You never know who you're going to meet there, and you have it every year.
Are you watching the Beijing Olympics?
I am. I'm sorry the NHL players didn't go, but we have a better chance to succeed. And I wouldn't be surprised if we play for the gold. It's one game. The team is playing very well so far, even the first game against the Danes they were better. They just didn't convert their chances.
So you don't blame the Czech players?
I'm reticent to criticize. I will never do that. I know how hard it is. It's the little things that a fan doesn't even know about.
A few years ago, it was written that you should be the patron of the Beijing Olympics. Why did that fizzle out?
It went away as quickly as it started. Even the circumstances (coronavirus) didn't suggest it couldn't happen.
Are you happy that your Kladno team is doing well in the league lately?
Very happy! We started playing as a team. Players that nobody trusted and that were written off started to be key players. And most of them are our offspring. We shouldn't be afraid of the future.
You're already moving into the role of coach, right?
What's special about Kladno is that we all do everything. I think it's important and I appreciate that coaches respect players who have been through something. Me, Pleky... He's got something to say about coaching, too. He knows more about faceoffs or shorthanded than they do, he's played it his whole life. It wouldn't pay us to have a strong personality as a coach who doesn't listen to the players' opinions.
Would you coach the national team?
That's a whole different thing. It's like when you go betting. You don't know what players are coming in what shape. I think it's terribly unfair to criticize the national coach. It's hard to create something in a fortnight. You can be lucky with the line-up, but you can also get players with bad form.