from Nicholas J. Cotsonika of NHL.com,
Jagr is philosophical about 1,888 points and being second all-time in NHL scoring. Maybe he could have had more points, and not just because he left the League for three seasons to play in the Kontinental Hockey League and went through three lockouts.
Asked how he would feel in 10 or 15 years, he said: "It's going to be kind of mixed feeling. I'm the guy that always wants to get better, no matter what. You could say I could do a lot better."
Asked if he could imagine at 18 that he would be standing here at 44 having done this, he said: "Well, I thought I was gonna be standing here at 35. When I was 18, I thought I was going to be the best in the world for 20 years."
But he also said he had been lucky with injuries, turning around to find some wood to knock on, and he talked about how the Pittsburgh Penguins had selected him No. 5 in the 1990 NHL Draft. He played with Mario Lemieux, Bryan Trottier, Ron Francis, Paul Coffey.
Below, watch Jagr post-game...
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