In the end Jaromir Jagr became a figure of sheer accumulation, a living statue in more than one sense. “When you are younger, you know you are going to play for a long time,” Jagr said once. Jaromir Jagr, by every measure, is one of the best hockey players ever. But it’s 2013.” He carried around a little bronze Madonna and child, and kept it in his locker; he once said that if he hadn’t been a hockey player, he would have become a priest. He pushed the younger players he played with, showed them night skating and extra weights and a fidelity to hockey that felt like religion.

Source: thestar January 29, 2018 23:48 UTC