- Jaromir Jagr...
- Est OBLIGÉ..de jouer passé 50 ans..
- Sinon....le club qu'il possède (Kladno) va perdre tous ses commanditaires...
- Pauvre gars...
- MULTI-MILLIONNAIRE à 50 ans...
- Il devrait CHILLER sa vie...
- Au lieu de ça...
- Il se SENT OBLIGÉ de jouer..
- Car il veut faire honneur à son père...qui lui a légué cette équipe...
- UN VRAI...
"Do you know why I'm still playing?" Jagr told The Hockey News in comments published Wednesday. "I have a responsibility to the club, otherwise I wouldn't fly here and I wouldn't be making a fool of myself. But if I quit, the partners and sponsors would leave and the club may be done. I have no choice. People don't understand it, but I don't care. Only God will judge me. I expect much more from myself, and I also believe that I have it in me."
Jagr took over as majority owner of Kladno from his father, also named Jaromir, in 2011.
He completed his 33rd professional season and helped it earn promotion from the second-tier Chance Liga to the Czech Extraliga, the top Czech league. Jagr scored 12 points (two goals, 10 assists) in 19 regular-season games and 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in 16 playoff games.
He will turn 50 on Feb. 15, 2022.
"It's not easy anymore, believe me," Jagr said. "Because mostly during my career, I felt that if I wanted to score a goal, I would score. But suddenly, this doesn't work. ...
"At the same time, people still expect it from me, and that's probably the worst feeling, when people think I can but I know I can't. Plus, I can't even tell them. I just know that I will do my best to help the club. I don't know if anyone can understand my role. I don't even want to be in such a position, but I have no choice. As long as my father breathes, I take the club as my responsibility. He held it for 20 years. As a son, I would be embarrassed if I left."
"We make jokes, that he's still playing," teammate and former NHL forward Tomas Plekanec said. "But we don't have to talk about that. No one can expect him to be a top player, but he's still good on the power play. He can find his role and place. I wouldn't be surprised if he played another two or three years."