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Originally Posted by fleury
Jagr looked great this year. I don't recall if I've seen him faster in the past 10 years than this year (I could have just imagined). He's not Jason Allison, that's for sure. So I'm shocked Florida would pass on him because of speed, because speed hasn't been an issue for him this year.
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What? No, that's not true. He definitely is slow now. He makes up for it with positioning and hockey sense, but he's only effective on a team that runs a deep cycle game. Almost nothing was scored off the rush last year. Has great hands still and excellent vision, but if the team is looking to play a speed game, Jagr is not a good fit.