This was likely more Jagr than the Flames, imo. I bet the Flames would let him put in the effort and time to get back to healthy one more time.
But if you're Jagr, you've played a hall of fame career, have a girlfriend sitting with you through a Canadian winter (going back down to -25 starting tonight), have to do nothing but hard training and rehabbing followed by playing on the fourth line when you're finally good, with no hope of getting back up to speed.
He likely took all this in after his last tweak and said "If I get another minor injury I'll hang 'em up".
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