Jagr

[Malkin 71]

I would love for Jagr to come back and play with Sid or Geno

[king4day]

The Jaromir Jagr race had one less team Friday morning after the Pittsburgh Penguins withdrew their one-year, $2 million offer to the veteran forward just minutes before the free-agent market was set to open at noon ET.

"We made what we thought was a very fair contract offer to Jaromir on Tuesday, based on his stated interest of returning to the Penguins," general manager Ray Shero said in a statement. "We made our best offer from the start, given our salary cap structure, in an attempt to facilitate a deal.

"But now, after several days, with an extended time frame for making a decision, and additional teams getting involved, we have decided to move in a different direction. It was never our intention to get involved in a free agent bidding war, and we have to focus on our team.

"Jaromir is one of the greatest players in Penguins history, and we wish him all the best."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6729503

Very disappointing IMO. He isn't the be all end all, but it coulda been some story had he played with Crosby and maybe even won a cup with us? Clearly it's about 1 of 2 things.

1. Wants more money
2. Has no desire to play with us.

This almost sounds like the Arod fiasco, just not on as high a scale. He wants more money and his agent is saying that there are more teams interested.

[bigt6703]

once again jagr shows his true colors . I am so glad they passed on this guy. They got kennedy cheap and now need to resign jeffery and one healthy scratch guy and we are set.

[MG3]

Maybe Jagr felt we were offering him too much money after the whole "I would play for the league minimum for Mario" if he signs with Philly things are going to get really ugly.

[king4day]

Maybe Jagr felt we were offering him too much money after the whole "I would play for the league minimum for Mario" if he signs with Philly things are going to get really ugly.

Is Philly rumored?

[t2a2e9j12]

once again jagr shows his true colors . I am so glad they passed on this guy. They got kennedy cheap and now need to resign jeffery and one healthy scratch guy and we are set.

shows his true colors pens withdrew there offer. I dislike the flyers more than an y other team but what did you expect him to do he wants to play in nhl so he took best offer we walked away from him this time

[PhillyPhan8790]

This is really gonna heat up this rivalry. And now with Talbot signing I can't wait for the first game. I'm not really pumped about the Jagr signing moreso because I can't really understand it. Ehh, maybe in a couple days.

[king4day]

Clearly a money move for Jagr. He never cared about the Pens as he once claimed he did.
I have lost all respect for him.

[Chuck Norris]

shows his true colors pens withdrew there offer. I dislike the flyers more than an y other team but what did you expect him to do he wants to play in nhl so he took best offer we walked away from him this time

Shero withdrew his offer because free agency was about to begin and he couldn't waste his time and perceived cap space waiting for Jaromir Jagr to make up his mind.

Jags said he wanted to finish his career with Pittsburgh. The Pens made an offer. Jagr once again proved to be an effective replacement for a feminine hygene product and strung the Pens along until Shero couldn't wait anymore for his decision.

I can't wait for the first Pens/Flyers game. I very much hope that Matt Cooke or Brooks Orpik gives Jagr flashbacks of Jarkko Ruutu.

And to any Flyers fan that decides to troll the Pens boards, I really hope you enjoy the 10 goals Talbot gives you for that $9mil

[Chuck Norris]

This is really gonna heat up this rivalry. And now with Talbot signing I can't wait for the first game. I'm not really pumped about the Jagr signing moreso because I can't really understand it. Ehh, maybe in a couple days.

The Jagr signing and the overpayment for Talbot both strike me as moves made more to spite the Pens than smart hockey moves.

I really do hope that Mad Max has a long and productive career, but he's making about twice what he should a year. He got very lucky being a free agent in one of the worst classes in recent memory.

[MacManus]

Shero withdrew his offer because free agency was about to begin and he couldn't waste his time and perceived cap space waiting for Jaromir Jagr to make up his mind.

Jags said he wanted to finish his career with Pittsburgh. The Pens made an offer. Jagr once again proved to be an effective replacement for a feminine hygene product and strung the Pens along until Shero couldn't wait anymore for his decision.

I can't wait for the first Pens/Flyers game. I very much hope that Matt Cooke or Brooks Orpik gives Jagr flashbacks of Jarkko Ruutu.

And to any Flyers fan that decides to troll the Pens boards, I really hope you enjoy the 10 goals Talbot gives you for that $9mil

Averaging out that $9 over 5 years is a pretty fair salary cap hit considering that Talbot's basically an emotional/physical role player, not a scorer.

[jrm2054]

I'm glad we got Sullivan over Jagr. Also resigning TK was huge to me. Talbot it sucks he went to Philly but w/e

[Chuck Norris]

Averaging out that $9 over 5 years is a pretty fair salary cap hit considering that Talbot's basically an emotional/physical role player, not a scorer.

He hasn't been remotely physical or emotional in the past 2 seasons either. He's a big personality, but he is a real detriment to a team when he's not emotionally invested in playing. He was awful down the stretch this season and during the playoffs.

For a guy who was supposed to be an emotional leader, he disappeared when the team needed him the most.

I hope he gets his game back. But just not during the games against Pittsburgh.

[Tomahawk27]

I could honestly post a whole narrative on this whole ordeal but I'll try and keep it as short as possible.

Jagr had everyone in Pittsburgh fooled, spewing lie after lie. Saying he wanted to repay Lemieux, playing for league minimum, wanting to fix the relationship with the fans/franchise etc. and it all turned out to be lies. Him returning to the NHL, and now the Flyers, was for two possible reasons: 1) He wanted to be "the guy" on a team which just traded its big guns. 2) He really had animosity towards the Pens and the fans and this was the best way to go about it.

This signing had nothing to do with money. He could have made more money staying in the KHL or signing with a different team (his agent said a team offered over 6mil... I doubt it but whatever). Add this to the fact that the offer was only for a million or so more and money is now ruled out.

If he wants to be "the guy" on the Flyers, good luck with that. As much as I hate the Flyers (even before signing Talbot) they have a lot of quality players in Giroux, Briere, JVR and others. There was no way he was going to get that here, this is clearly Crosbys team and Malkin after that, Jagr wouldnt have even worn an A.

The only other possible explanation I can see would be to seek revenge for all the hard feelings when he left. If Jagr really waited this many years to sign with the Flyers at the age of 40 to spite us, well congratulations, that is pretty pathetic. You are the second best player to ever wear the jersey and would have had your number retired (only Lemieux and Briere right now) but instead you burned your last bridge and will go down as one of the most hated athletes in Pittsburgh history.

That all being said, I really don't understand this signing for the Flyers. They went from a Cup contender to a playoff contender after the two recent trades. While they may be better in the longrun for the trades, signing Jagr implies they think they can win the Cup now, which they cant. Too many young guys who still need to develop and Jagr only takes minutes away from them, delaying the process. Not only does Jagr not make sense, they have a similar player in Zherdev, who was benched for at least half the season. A ton of skill but he is also lazy and can be "moody," I dont get it. They have a younger Jagr (no, I'm not saying Zherdev will be as good) but they didnt play him last season.

As a whole, everything would have worked out better if Jagr just signed here. He becomes loved again, has his number retired, and maybe even wins a Cup before retiring. The Flyers save some cap, let younger guys take the role, and dont add age to a young roster

[burgh_fan66]

Really don't care about Jagr, Pens kept the offer on the table way too long. Deadline was Wednesday, when there was no response pull the deal. A little bit of poor management there but they rebounded well signing Kennedy and Sullivan.