2023-11-13 00:26:47
It was only a matter of timeand finally the time has come, Jaromir Jagr reaches the Olympus of the Pittsburgh Penguins con the retirement of number 68 by the Pens and its rise to the heights of the PPG Paints Arena, there he will accompany the 21st Michel Briere and of course to 66 from “Super Mario”, the eternal Mario Lemieux.
A ceremony that they had been after for a long time in the franchise, in fact the own Mario Lemieux It has been within the ownership of the franchise, one of those who has worked the hardest to carry out this jersey retirement, but the fact that the incombustible Jagr continued playing in his native Czech Republic It did not allow the dates to be scheduled to carry out the ceremony.
It is the award for his contribution during 11 seasons, from 1990 to 2001, after being chosen in the first round with number five by the Pens, becoming the first European to join the Pittsburgh team. In those seasons he added 1,079 points (439 goals, 640 assists), which makes him the franchise’s fourth-highest scorer after Mario Lemieux, Sidney Crosby y Evgeni Malkin, a pair among Pittsburgh legends without a doubt.
A very reserved achievement
With all the history that the Pens already have, there are many names of players who have worn their jersey who have reached the Hall of Fame, such as Paul Coffey, Joe Mullen, Larry Murphy, Ron Francis y Mark Recchi, but none of them has surpassed the honor of seeing his portrait hanging in the locker room. And it is that Once Lemieux became part of the Penguins ownership, he decided to restrict retiring numbers as much as possible.so the Czech’s achievement becomes even more notable.
A restriction that will not prevent the roof of the pavilion from being populated with more legendary numbers, Lemieux has already announced that even so, the fate of Crosby’s 87, Malkin’s 71 and Letang’s 58 will have the same fate when they take the path of the retirement, more than just good company.
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