I think the whole "Jarome always started poorly" argument is a little overblown and relied upon way too heavily. I went back to look and from 2000-2001 season to the 2009-2010 season (That's 10 seasons) Jarome started as a PPG or better player in the month of October 6 times, including a 17 points in 11 games stretch and a 19 in 12 games. His worst start was a 4 point stretch in 9 games in his last season. That seems relatively consistent in his starts. And making a claim that he got to pick whoever he played with to pad his stats is just plain stupid. As stated before he was the one padding guys stats who never would have seen those numbers on other teams (Langkow, Huselius, Tanguay to name a few).
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