Some perspective on time and the great hockey player, Jaromir Jagr

Yesterday I listened to an audio reminder of the 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs, specifically early in the preliminary round.

There were updates by me and some commentary.

Then some play by play, brief, but decisive and in the course of time, amazing.

The heavily favored Pittsburgh Penguins had lost game one of their preliminary series at home vs the New Jersey Devils and were in overtime vs New Jersey in game 2 also in Pittsburgh.

Suddenly a great individual effort by rookie Jaromir Jagr ended the game in the Penguins’ favor. The play was called by Chris Moore, still heard on rare occasion on WFAN. I noted Jagr as a potentially brilliant player.

The Penguins went on to the first of two straight Stanley Cup titles led by Mario Lemieux and among others, Jagr.

Incredibly, in two months, barring injury, Jagr will be playing in the playoffs, 25 years later, this time for the Florida Panthers, a team not even in existence when Jagr was a rookie in the 1991 playoffs.

The great hockey player, Jaromir Jagr, pictured above.