I don't care how damn old he is. I want my Jagr back! (even if it's just for one more year)
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A longing to reconnect with the Penguins could be part of what brings back legendary forward Jaromir Jagr.
″He loves that team, that city,″ agent Petr Svoboda said Tuesday from the Czech Republic. ″And he loves Mario (Lemieux), so that is all on his mind.″
The opportunity to win the Stanley Cup — and return to the NHL after three years of playing professionally in Russia — has positioned the perennial contender Penguins and Detroit Red Wings as frontrunners to land Jagr, Svoboda said.
Svoboda said he was expecting a second conversation with Penguins general manager Ray Shero regarding Jagr on Tuesday.
″My (first) talk with Ray was wonderful,″ Svoboda said. ″Jaromir obviously is fond of Pittsburgh, but he likes the current situation there, too.″
Neither Jagr nor Shero could be reached for comment, but Jagr told ESPN.com:
″In Pittsburgh, I played there 10 years,″ he said. ″I still have a house there. I was too lazy to sell it.
″Obviously (Lemieux) is the owner. The team they got — Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, plus other great players — if I went there, it would be a lot easier...
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