The Flames signed Jaromir Jagr. It was so, so special.
It may not have gone as planned, but it’s worth remembering what an experience it was.
Jagr to the Flames made so, so much sense. He was a right-winger coming off a 46-point season – 66 points the year before that – and the Flames needed forward depth, particularly on the right side. As a free agent, he was free to acquire; another bonus for he Flames, since they had been trading a lot of draft picks away at that time.
We’ll never know how things really would have turned out, but perhaps the biggest regret is that he was signed in October, not July.