Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives. As such, it is important to us that the
Pittsburgh Penguins will be retiring the number 68 of Jaromir Jagr on February 18.
Jagr scored 1,079 of his 1,733 career NHL Points with Pittsburgh, a team he played 11 seasons (1990-91 to 2000-01), won the 1998-Hart Trophy, five Art Ross Trophies and won two Stanley Cups (1991 & 1992).
Jagr currently owns the Kladno Knights of the Czech League, who he played for last year, and could still again, as he has not yet officially retired despite being 51. The Hockey Hall of Fame does not consider a player eligible until he stopped playing hockey in all major competitive leagues, hence why Jagr, who last played in the NHL in 2018, is not yet inducted.
He will become the third player to have his number retired by the Penguins, following Michael Briere (#21) and Mario Lemieux (#66).
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Jaromir Jagr for his impending honor.
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