The Long and Winding Career of Jaromir Jagr (Who Is Still Playing)

This is quite the career indeed.

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[richrealdeal]

“Hi, I am Jaromir Jagr, my favourite player growing up was Jaromir Jagr”

Never gets old 😂😂

[xTechHockey]

Favorite Jagr stat is in 94-95 he played in the German.1 league and played 1 game... he had 11 points, 1 goal and 10 assists. Legend

[TylerAven]

I know most people probably have no idea about this fact, but while everyone was talking about Marleau breaking Howes NHL games played record, Jagr broke Howes other record, most professional hockey games played (including playoffs). Guinness hasn’t even recognized it yet but it’s legit, the numbers add up on eliteprospects

[aahZeiK]

One of the most impressive careers in professional sports

[nickhoule]

He lead that 2013-14 Devils team in points by a pretty wide margin, which seems crazy to do at the age of 41 (on top of playing all 82 games). Jagr is a legend on and off the ice.

[TheGrandeGamer]

He is literally the definition of a legend. The fact that I had the chance to see him play for so many different teams is a privilege

[RobertBeatty]

In '16, I traveled to Kladno (a reasonable taxi ride from Prague airport), stayed at an old beautiful art deco hotel, wandered its classic streets with monuments to its coal and steel industries along with war memorials, and then took in a Rytiri Kladno game with the owner sitting in the owner's box taking a break from staying in shape to go back to the Panthers. The town is not so big and the arena is small, aged, and nestled in a grove of pines. Great beer and hotdogs, a warm atmosphere, and some interesting merch. including a scowling mulleted Jagr head on a keychain (one of my Jagr treasures). My Czech buddy and I had a blast. As a Pens fan from well before Mario, JJ is my alltime favorite Pen. My final time to see him was with the Panthers in Colorado as he tied Howe's points total for second in history. I hope the Knights survive and I'm looking forward to his Pens 68 retirement ceremony. One of the GOAT.

[ikauf_]

Panthers fan here. Loved him in the time he played for us. That 15-16 season was amazing to watch considering his age. Playing on the same line as younger versions of Huberdeau and Barkov helped him out, but obviously he was a huge mentor to them and the rest of the boys in the locker room. There's no doubt in my mind that Jagr playing with Huby and Barkov helped them develop a ton and turn into the elite players they are today.

Love you forever Jags.

[smithryansmith]

No man has been more suited to being a hockey player than Jagr. He was put on Earth to do one thing.
His training regiment would kill most marines.
He also grew up in a sweet spot where as a youngster, he played in the old Czech youth development program (which worked because it didnt coddle the players. Nowadays, he could never be produced as the programs have gone soft)
You can run into him wandering around Kladno. He is just as nice and down to Earth as he appears.
I think this video will need an update in 5 or 10 years.

[MrJHarley]

Love that Pittsburgh retired his number today, absolute legend and love in Pittsburgh. so blessed I got to see him in his prime.

[WarioSaysSo]

68# Jaromir Jagr
The greatest European born forward in NHL history / with Alexander Ovetchkin.

# 24 NHL seasons - Representing 9 NHL teams: Penguins (90-01), Capitals (01-04), Rangers (04-08), Flyers (11-12), Stars (12-13), Bruins (12-13), Devils (13-15)
Panthers (15-17) & Flames (2017) = 1, 733 Games, 766 Goals, 1, 155 Assists, 1, 921 Points in R. Season + 208 GA, 78 G, 123 A, 201 P in Play-Offs.
# 4 KHL seasons - Representing Avangard Omsk (04-05 & 08-11) = 187 Games, 82 Goals, 101 Assists, 183 Points + 37 GA, 11 G, 23 A, 34 P in Play-Offs.
# 10 seasons in CZE - Kladno (88-90, 94-95, 04-05, 12-13 & 17-22 going...)

# 2 NHL Stanley Cup Championships: 1991 & 1992 (Penguins).
# KHL Continental Cup Champion: 2005 (Avangard).
# European Champions Cup Gold medal: 2005 (Avangard).

# Olympic Gold medalist: 1998 + Bronze 2006.
# 2 IIHF World Championship Gold medals: 2005 & 2010 + 2 Bronze: 1990 & 2011.
# World Cup Bronze medalist: 2004.

# Hart Memorial Trophy (MVP): 1999.
# 3 Lester B. Pearson Awards (Player's MVP): 1999, 2000 & 2006.
# 5 Art Ross Trophy (Scoring champion): 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000 & 2001.
# Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (Most sportsman & dedication): 2016.
# 7 NHL First All-Star Team: 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2006
# NHL Second All-Star Team: 1997.
# 13 NHL All-Star Games: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2016.

# 3 KHL All-Star Games: 2009, 2010 & 2011.

# IIHF World Championship MVP Award: 2015
# IIHF World Championship Best Forward Award: 2011.
# 4 IIHF World Championship All-Star Teams: 2004, 2005, 2011, & 2015.

# 10 IIHF World Championship Tournaments: 1990, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 & 2015.
# 5 Olympic Games Tournaments: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 & 2014 (Declined 2018).
# 2 World Cup Tournaments: 1996 & 2004.
# Canada Cup Tournament: 1991.
International Status: 121 Games, 47 Goals, 55 Assists = 102 Points.

[Mach]

I remember when he was drafted. He acted like he may not come over, which scared the first 4 teams enough to pass on him, but the Pens knew he would come. Mario was his hero.

[christhornycroft]

Playing with Mario and/or Francis at the beginning of his career certainly helped, but he was one of if not the top guy in the league for a number of years after those guys left Pittsburgh and after he himself moved on. That Penguins team in the early 90s was stacked and probably should have won more than 2 Cups with the team they had. I remember having his Pro Set card from around 1989 or 1990 at one time (all my cards got lost in moves...grr) and I remember it saying that he "likes fast cars." I guess early in his career he had that kind of reputation, as most young hockey players do. Not everyone is Bo Horvat in terms of maturity. But you can't argue with the success he's had and the contributions he's made to his team's overall success. One of the best of all time. I would have liked to have seen him up against Pavel Bure consistently had Bure not gotten injured. Different types of players, but both highly skilled. Bure was more of a lightning fast sniper with great hands who could just fly by you and bury it before you or the goalie knew what was happening, while Jagr more the overall offensive threat. Jagr was bigger, too. Edit: LMFAO - you said it! Fast cars.

[ondrej]

I'm 32 now and I met Jágr in person when I was 9 years old. It was at a local tennis club in a small Czech town, our tennis coach was apparently Jágr's friend, I missed previous training but my friend alerted me that Jágr would be at the next one. I'm like "Sure, whatever mate, I'll come to training." I didn't really believe him.
Everyone gathered around the gate to watch Jágr's arrival. He arrived with couple other people, like his personal/mental coach. When he went through the gate, everyone was in awe, silent, and I said "Hello." The kind of good boy "Hello", or rather "Good day" your mum would applaud you for. Jágr leans over me, looks me in the eyes 2 centimetres from my face and says with big wide grin: "Well, hello there." 50 people around start laughing as the tension breaks.😀 Then he played some tennis for 1-2 hours or so, despite little rain, and signed all hockey cards and books.

[HeyG]

I grew up watching Jagr with Lemieux, Coffey, Bourasso, etc. loves watching Jagr. The man’s a legend.

[tsholts]

Ohhhh that intro reminds of my old dog that was passed to my family since my grandpa couldn't really take care of him anymore. He named him Jagr. The fact that Jaromir's playing career outlived my old dog is pretty epic imo! He lived be 16 years old and had a good life 🙂. Hope he signs a 1 day contract with Pittsburgh to retire here and/or Pens retire #68

[brandongonzalez]

I got to see Jagr playing with calgary against detroit in his last NHL season and i was still blown away by his ability, he didnt dominate of course but this guy thats as old as the parents of the guys he is playing with was still controlling the puck and forcing at least two guys to cover him whenever they gave him the puck. Amazing career and nice video

[DibbleyOfficial]

Wow,
great to see you in the jersey of my hometown. I'm big fan of your channel,
you are clearly the best source of information from the hockey world. I wish you good luck! Greetings from Kladno, Czech Republic.

[jordzak]

The mans gonna be in the ground and still scoring for Kladno, I love the deep dives maybe Theo Fleury next? The greatest player to ever play in my homeland of the UK, also imagine how many guys who are now in the HOF who started AFTER Jagr

[edalder]

As a Capitals fan, Jagr was not a good fit with the more defensive Caps of that time. Mr. Leonsis learned his lesson. In 2003-4, he sent a letter to Capitals season ticket holders about having to tear it all down and rebuild. 2004 is when The Caps won The Draft Lottery and selected Ovechkin.