“He played with plumbers who smoked cigarettes, he was out of shape because fitness was invented in 2006 and his mother wears army boots”
- era adjusting crowd
I'm not here to yuck anybody's yum.Hand strength with a chick? For this?
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its true. coupled with the fact that none of us (as far as i know) actually knew that goaltending and defence could alter stats so much.Gretzky-Lemieux had all distorted our expectation at the time.
By the look of that photo he didn’t have to worry about working on wrist strength.Maybe this is when he decided to work on his hand strength?
Jagr took a young Barkov and Huberdeau and showed them how to be professionals.Jason Demers confirmed a story/myth today on the Marek show.
Demers said that when he played with Jagr in Florida in 2016, Jagr wanted to challenge his workouts more during training camp. So Jagr got ankle weights and strapped them on himself to add resistance during drills, workouts and skates.
Apparently, Jagr felt so good during training camp and pre-season that he decided to keep the ankle weights on during regular season games.
Demers says that Jagr played with ankle weights on for at least 50 regular season games that year.
Jagr was 44 in 2016, played all 82 games and scored 16 goals.
Legend.
Demers also said that Jarg punctured a hole on the shaft of his stick so that he can connect it to a cable machine in the gym. He would then hook his stick to the cable and put the weights on something ridiculous like 150lbs. He would then pull the cables down by holding his stick as if he was puck handling and just lean on it for hours to develop hand strength on his stick.... ridiculous.
This isn’t a new story, they talked about the ankle weights then. It’s true. I didn’t know or forgot about the regular season games (it’s not surprising) but he was always doing things like this for training. He would make sure he had access to rinks so he could train late at night or early in the morning on top of whatever the team is doing. They were talking about him being obsessive a lot when he was in his first few seasons, they couldn’t get him off the ice. He would go out on the ice in slippers pre gaming before the pre game with a stick and puck “getting used to the ice”. They would show footage of it during the games.I’m calling bullshit on that
Hey, I still remember when Grant Fuhr won the Vezina while playing with his gloves on the wrong hands.
Most of the other goalies in my regular group are right catch. Y’all fascinate me!As a glove right goalie, I wish I could dislike this post.![]()
I do think he was a great athlete, on another physical level etc... just had ALL great tools. But IMO Jagr played for Jagr....the crest on his sweater came way after!The saddest part, I don't think enough people truly appreciated Jagr's greatness during his prime. Those late 90's seasons with the Penguins were epic performances and yet, people had the gall to compare him to guys like Sakic, Forsberg, and Yzerman when at the time, he was clearly a cut above.
I'm happy to see it come full circle and for the guy to get the love and appreciation he deserves.
I'm quite sure we as a hockey community, aren't worthy of what Jagr has given us.
I think if you go listen to interviews about his time in Pittsburgh, you'll see that isn't the case.I do think he was a great athlete, on another physical level etc... just had ALL great tools. But IMO Jagr played for Jagr....the crest on his sweater came way after!
Most of the other goalies in my regular group are right catch. Y’all fascinate me!
It's a little weird. I throw right-handed so I'm used to catching a softball with my left hand (I even played catcher), but when I was trying out goaltending, it felt much more natural to hold the stick in my left hand, and felt just fine enough to catch with my right hand. It also got weird because I shoot left when I skate out, so I can barely handle the puck when I play in net.
Not in that regard for me (scoring going down was evident enough), much more winning 5 Art Ross, still win without playing 70 games, yes that what the best player in the league do.... No it was still like before them something that almost no one will do and we had to wait until 2023 for McDavid to do it.its true. coupled with the fact that none of us (as far as i know) actually knew that goaltending and defence could alter stats so much.
to have an Art Ross winner with 127 points, at that time, for someone my age, felt like... "sooooo. he is like Pierre Turgeon?"
Offensively -- yes. But when you factor in two-way play, they are in the same tier.The saddest part, I don't think enough people truly appreciated Jagr's greatness during his prime. Those late 90's seasons with the Penguins were epic performances and yet, people had the gall to compare him to guys like Sakic, Forsberg, and Yzerman when at the time, he was clearly a cut above.
I'm happy to see it come full circle and for the guy to get the love and appreciation he deserves.
I'm quite sure we as a hockey community, aren't worthy of what Jagr has given us.