It was the first time Jagr had played a season’s opener since the Calgary Flames released the NHL’s second-highest points scorer in 2018. He returned six years ago to Kladno, the team where he made his debut as a teenager and which he owns.
He played at Pardubice despite not being fully fit due to a muscle injury that forced him to interrupt pre-season training for four weeks.
Jagr said he needed more games to be back to his best.
“That’s fine, (it was ) the first game,” he told local media.
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