Jaromir Jagr entered his season-ending exit interview not knowing if it would be his last act with the New York Rangers. Two days after the Rangers were eliminated with an overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round of the playoffs, Jagr stood in front of his stall Tuesday and did his best to explain what the future holds. Nearly a half-hour later, there were still no concrete answers from the free-agent-to-be. I don't have 30 teams to choose from," the New York captain said. "First, I am going to talk to the Rangers. That's the number one option for me. They gave me a chance to show everybody I still can play hockey. Everybody doubted me when I was playing in Washington for whatever reason." (Updated 05/07/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/17/08).
Fantasy Analysis
There has been speculation Jagr might return to Russia to play, as he did during the 2004-05 lockout, but he has never suggested he willingly wants to end an NHL career that began with Pittsburgh in 1990. The only question is how long Jagr will continue to put in the nearly year-around conditioning work that is important in a league where an increasing number of top players are far younger than him? While Jagr's regular season was up and down -- his 71 points in 82 games were the fewest he's had since getting 70 in 48 games with Pittsburgh during the labor dispute-shortened 1994-95 season -- he appeared to redeem himself with Rangers fans with his strong postseason. That will certainly jack his Fantasy value up on Draft Day 2008 as well. Jagr is still a high-end Fantasy forward, just not a must-have anymore. (Updated 05/07/2008).
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Jaromir Jagr entered his season-ending exit interview not knowing if it would be his last act with the New York Rangers. Two days after the Rangers were eliminated with an overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round of the playoffs, Jagr stood in front of his stall Tuesday and did his best to explain what the future holds. Nearly a half-hour later, there were still no concrete answers from the free-agent-to-be. I don't have 30 teams to choose from," the New York captain said. "First, I am going to talk to the Rangers. That's the number one option for me. They gave me a chance to show everybody I still can play hockey. Everybody doubted me when I was playing in Washington for whatever reason." (Updated 05/07/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/17/08).
Fantasy Analysis
There has been speculation Jagr might return to Russia to play, as he did during the 2004-05 lockout, but he has never suggested he willingly wants to end an NHL career that began with Pittsburgh in 1990. The only question is how long Jagr will continue to put in the nearly year-around conditioning work that is important in a league where an increasing number of top players are far younger than him? While Jagr's regular season was up and down -- his 71 points in 82 games were the fewest he's had since getting 70 in 48 games with Pittsburgh during the labor dispute-shortened 1994-95 season -- he appeared to redeem himself with Rangers fans with his strong postseason. That will certainly jack his Fantasy value up on Draft Day 2008 as well. Jagr is still a high-end Fantasy forward, just not a must-have anymore. (Updated 05/07/2008).
