Jagr not that impressed with Crosby
From the NY Times:
""He's had a good start, that's for sure," Jagr said of Crosby, who has 19 points in his first 15 games, with 5 goals and 14 assists, to lead N.H.L. rookies.
"But you cannot compare him to Mario or Gretzky. We have to wait a little bit. It's not fair to those guys to compare Crosby to Lemieux or Gretzky. You have to respect the players who did everything for hockey."
When asked what he thought of Crosby's performance last night, Jagr, who was on the ice when Crosby scored at 18 minutes 3 seconds of the second period, said: "I didn't really pay attention to him. I was just concentrating on myself. Of course, he scored a goal and he had some good plays"
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""He's had a good start, that's for sure," Jagr said of Crosby, who has 19 points in his first 15 games, with 5 goals and 14 assists, to lead N.H.L. rookies.
"But you cannot compare him to Mario or Gretzky. We have to wait a little bit. It's not fair to those guys to compare Crosby to Lemieux or Gretzky. You have to respect the players who did everything for hockey."
When asked what he thought of Crosby's performance last night, Jagr, who was on the ice when Crosby scored at 18 minutes 3 seconds of the second period, said: "I didn't really pay attention to him. I was just concentrating on myself. Of course, he scored a goal and he had some good plays"
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posted by Steve at 3:10 PM
2 Comments:
I can see that you are becoming a real journalist because you are starting to write contriversial headlines which aren't evidenced in the article.
All Jagr said was that it is so premature to compare him to Mario or Gretzky, and that Jagr doesn't worry about watching other team's players - he just cares about his own team. Nowhere did he say, "I'm not impressed with Crosby."
The impression Jagr gives is that he's not that impressed with Crosby. He didn't say he wasn't impressed. Thus the phrase 'not that impressed' isn't in quotes.
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