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Originally Posted by browna
He doesn't need competition, he needs to be injury free and in better shape. I don't think the skill has left him as much as those two things affected him in his games here, and the skills will be there when he has increased confidence. A boost of confidence playing in that lower tier will help that.
He did have 7 points in 22 games, and sounds like a number of those games he was trying to play through somethings...but the stats line is pretty much the same as Versteeg.
So get playing time in and the conditionig that goes with it, and step back in to the lineup at a better place than where he left off, if it all works out.
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A healthy Jagr is still an undeniably useful player. I got to see Jagr play in the New Year's game against Chicago. He was still going to the right places, but he was now a full step and a half behind the play, and just couldn't do anything with speed.
It certainly looked like his legs were gone, but if he's truly healthy in a couple months, you can bet Jagr's big ass I want him back here for the post-season.