Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Jaromir Jagr Traded to Dallas Stars!

Mike here with some breaking news: Jaromir Jagr has been traded to the Dallas Stars, with a 1 year, $4.5 million contract. In my opinion, if I'm Jagr, what was I thinking choosing the Stars? Are they a playoff contender? I'm assuming he wants to win a Stanley Cup. Doesn't he want to go to a team with a better chance than the Dallas Stars? Nothing against the Stars, mind you, I like them, but I don't think they have a real chance to win the Stanley Cup. (I DO miss their old jerseys. Both the one with the big star on it and the old North Stars jerseys, but I digress). The point is Jagr perhaps wants a bigger scoring role on the team. In addition, would I pay $4.5 million for a player who was once perhaps the best in the game, but now is getting too old and isn't the player he once was? No. I would not. Same with Brodeur. It would be hard for me to fork over that much money for someone who is that old.

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  1. Well, look at the Stars top eight forwards now...
    Cs Derek Roy and Vern Fiddler
    LWs Ray Whitney, Loui Eriksson, Brendan Morrow, Jamie Benn
    RWs Jagr and Michael Ryder

    Yes, they lost Ribiero, but they gained an entire top-two line, at least for next year.
    And they still have $20 million left in cap space to sign four players

    If they get some goaltending from Lehtonen I think they are a playoff team...

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