As the Boston Globe's Michael Vega notes, Jaromir Jagr's played for more than a few teams since being traded from the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Washington Capitals, but the upcoming series beteween Jagr's Boston Bruins and the Penguins does not in fact mark the first time that Jagr's returned to Pittsburgh as a villian...Instead, it's the second season in a row that Jagr's attempted to scuttle his former employer's playoff hopes:
Jagr will make a return engagement in Pittsburgh, where he will play upon a much bigger stage at the Consol Energy Center, the Penguins’ hockey palace where he was treated as a villain in last year’s playoffs when he showed up with the Philadelphia Flyers.
“We played Pittsburgh in the first round,’’ recalled Jagr, who compiled 1-6—7 totals to help the Flyers defeat the Penguins in the quarterfinals, four games to two. “It was a pretty exciting series for the fans. It was up-and-down hockey, with a lot of goals scored. There was not much defense and I don’t think the goaltenders had a great series. It was high-scoring and everybody enjoyed it, but it was different. Here we are different team than in Philadelphia; we wanted to go offense against offense.’'
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