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Originally Posted by Icon
I think he's questioning it in the sense that Jagr doesn't sound like he's ready to go (and possibly not soon either).
So from that perspective, if he's not going to be in game shape, why did we bother.
My counter argument is even if he doesn't play many games (or at all), having him around at practice, in the locker room, etc, can only help our young guys.
Plus it's Jaromir Freaking Jagr in a Flames jersey, c'mon!
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That doesn't mean he won't be ready at game 10, game 40, game 70. If that's the way it goes, it could mean we get a fresher Jagr during playoffs. I'd say that's pretty valuable.
It's not like he can't get there. He didn't say he did nothing, he was skating and practicing on his own, his concern was he didn't practice in a team setting, so perhaps the intensity or challenge wasn't as high. There's tons of time and we're prepared to skate with what we have until he can go so Boomer can go stuff it. Really dumb after he fanboyed hard earlier in the week.