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Originally Posted by Bingo
Lavoie hasn't said a nice thing about Calgary since Hartley's firing so I'd take that with a grain of salt.
But other than that I don't think this is a big mystery.
The guy has had a tough time recovering from a lingering injury and given his quotes through the season you know he has pride and doesn't want to let a team down.
I'm guessing he's pretty frustrated for sure, but I think it's the injury and it's lack of progress.
My gut says he wants to call it and the Flames are asking him to just go on the DL for a longer term and fix it.
Just guessing though.
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Agreed on the Lavoie part.
As I said before, with the laying of the law from Treliving to GG, the removal of the special status of F Hamilton, and the brutal honesty to Jagr to not play at all until 100% healthy and in shape for his and the teams good, and maybe the team suggests he really should get surgery, that was the shakeup. I think JJ is trying to play through things and the team has let him, and that stopped last weekend.
To get to 100%, he may need surgery or it’s at least an option, minor surgery.
If he wants surgery or is suggested to get it from the Flames doctors, shouldn’t he be doing this while a Flame, as opposed to being cut loose? Then he gets it covered by the Flames as well as rehab etc, as opposed to doing it on his own.
So, faced with this, that he thinks he doesn’t really need surgery and maybe the team does, he’s a bit miffed st the Flames, but if he is or isn’t, my thought is that he thinks he can maybe work through the injury in time for the Olympics and play through it, and end his career that way.
The Flames I think want him to get healthy and keep him around so that in a month or so, he’s ready for a playoff run as a required spare body who can and will play and help.
Jagr then has to decide on surgery which keeps him probably in Calgary, or skip surgery with the chance to play for CZE at the Olympics as the two options, maybe finishing off playing in Kladno.
Tough call, assuming he’d make the Olympic team in the first place. Would mean his career in NHL is done, whereas if he rehabbed here in that same time, he’d have a chance at one more NHL playoff run.
So I think that’s the call he’s trying to make, Olympics or Calgary for another 4-6 months, with no guarantees on his health whichever he chooses, though a better chance he’s healthy and gets properly looked after if he stays here.