This is more about the legend of Jagr than about the Canucks or the other teams so this is thread I thought it belongs.
Jagr Admits to Scaring Off Canucks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft
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“I found out years later that when he was interviewed by teams ahead of us, he told them all that he wasn’t coming over right away,” Patrick said at a team-sponsored golf event. “When we asked him that question, he said ‘I’ll be there tomorrow if you draft me.’ I think other teams backed off because of that. We were happy he was there. We were surprised he was there, definitely.” …The Canucks, worried that Jagr wouldn’t be coming to North America for years, drafted Petr Nedvěd with their pick. The forward would eventually join the Penguins and play alongside Jagr during the mid-1990s in an ironic twist.
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Plus we need a little diversion waiting for the Markstrom trade to drop.