PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – It was a night much anticipated as Jaromir Jagr sat with former teammates Jay Caufield, Phil Bourque and Kevin Stevens at the Rivers Casino to tell stories Friday. He talked about how he hated being booed in Pittsburgh and discussed how he was blessed to be a Penguin. Also how he thought he was being pranked by President Reagan and was nearly a Flyer from the start.
You can watch the entire night as it was filmed by Sportsnet Pittsburgh and will be played on Saturday night, February 17.
Here is a list of several stories he told in front of current head coach Mike Sullivan, GM Kyle Dubas and many other current and former Pens employees, plus tables full of fans hanging on his every word.
No love
Let’s start with the reason he hasn’t been back. Jagr didn’t understand that when he returned back to Pittsburgh and would be booed, that it mostly wasn’t about him. He didn’t get that Pens fans were more booing the jersey he was wearing whether that was Washington, Boston, New Jersey, Philly or the Rangers.