Jaromir Jagr
Oh, did you forget that legendary and enigmatic Czech forward and Jaromir Jagr spent the abbreviated 2013 lockout season in Boston after getting traded from Dallas right before the playoffs? I didn’t. Those truly were simpler times.
But to be honest, no one would blame you if you did. After all, Boston is only one place that Jagr has called his hockey home in his years-long career.
The man has a good sense of timing; he was just in time for the Bruins to make their second Cup Final appearance in three years.
In 11 regular season games with the B’s, Jagr notched two goals and seven assists and contributed 10 assists in the playoffs.
Interesting factoid: during Jagr’s playoff tenure with the Bruins he got the second-highest number of shots in his playoff career — 58 shots. For what it’s worth, he was only one off of his highest, which he achieved in the 1992 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Jagr’s time in Boston ended after the 2013 Cup Final loss to Chicago, and he’s spent the last six years cementing his status as one of hockey’s most eccentric and fascinating figures.
He left the NHL entirely in 2018, ending a 24-year career and now plays for HC Kladno in the Czech Republic.
Next year will be his 30th professional season, and Jagr shows no signs of stopping any time soon.
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All stats courtesy of Hockey-Reference.com