One of the greatest hockey players of all time will be a Calgary Flame for the next year. The club officially announced the signing of Jaromir Jagr to a one-year contract this afternoon. The event was capped off with the utterly surreal sight of Jagr putting on his Flames jersey – soon to be available at a Flames Fanattic location near you! – and fielding questions from the media.

The only &#8220;big&#8221; news coming out of the press conference was Jagr&#8217;s admission that he&#8217;ll need some time to get ready to play.
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Jagr says he wants to wait until he’s ready before getting into the lineup. Says he wants a few practices first. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Flames</a>
&mdash; Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fan960Steinberg/status/915694595765235712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Jagr has been skating on his own in the Czech Republic, not with a particular team, and so he&#8217;s probably not used to the pace. He didn&#8217;t really venture to guess a target date for his first game, but I would estimate perhaps next week after the Flames get back from Anaheim. Rather than tip-toe around it, though, it was interesting to hear Jagr flat-out state that he&#8217;d need time to get ready.
He also reiterated the report we&#8217;ve seen floating around from a Czech newspaper: it&#8217;s 99.9% his last season in the NHL, and he kept speaking about his desire to help the team win.
He also joked about his age, responding to a question about playing with younger players with a jab that at his age, everybody&#8217;s a younger player. For what it&#8217;s worth, Jagr&#8217;s career point total is 1,914; the entire combined points total for the 21 skaters currently on Calgary&#8217;s roster is just 3,223.
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Jagr on the Travelling Jagrs: &quot;I just hope I don&#39;t have to buy them tickets. I didn&#39;t sign that big of a contract.&quot;@travellingjagrs
&mdash; Eric Francis (@EricFrancis) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricFrancis/status/915694935881408513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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One of the greatest hockey players of all time will be a Calgary Flame for the next year. The club officially announced the signing of Jaromir Jagr to a one-year contract this afternoon. The event was capped off with the utterly surreal sight of Jagr putting on his Flames jersey – soon to be available at a Flames Fanattic location near you! – and fielding questions from the media.



The only "big" news coming out of the press conference was Jagr's admission that he'll need some time to get ready to play.

https://twitter.com/Fan960Steinberg/status/915694595765235712

Jagr has been skating on his own in the Czech Republic, not with a particular team, and so he's probably not used to the pace. He didn't really venture to guess a target date for his first game, but I would estimate perhaps next week after the Flames get back from Anaheim. Rather than tip-toe around it, though, it was interesting to hear Jagr flat-out state that he'd need time to get ready.

He also reiterated the report we've seen floating around from a Czech newspaper: it's 99.9% his last season in the NHL, and he kept speaking about his desire to help the team win.

He also joked about his age, responding to a question about playing with younger players with a jab that at his age, everybody's a younger player. For what it's worth, Jagr's career point total is 1,914; the entire combined points total for the 21 skaters currently on Calgary's roster is just 3,223.

https://twitter.com/EricFrancis/status/915694935881408513

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