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Originally Posted by Reaper
With Jagr's knack for deadpan comments it makes too much sense.
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He worked it pretty well, too.
It was after the first game of the 2017–18 season that Jagr made his comments about McDavid. The Flames had been beaten 3-0 by the Oilers with McDavid scoring all of the goals. There was a lively, national conversation taking place after that game in which people were openly wondering if McDavid could break Gretzky's goal-scoring record that year. Jagr had yet to play a game in Calgary yet, but when he was asked about McDavid, he replied by saying that he would probably score 150 goals. He sounded completely sincere about it, but it was obviously sarcastic. He then followed up in the same interview with his famous, "some players skate really fast to the wrong spots," quip, which I understood as another dig at all the ridiculous attention McDavid was getting for his hat-trick.
After that, McDavid scored only two goals in his next twelve games, and the Oilers stumbled to a 4-7-1 record to start the season.
Jaromir Jagr knew exactly what he was doing.