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| 27th November, 2007 - 8:38 am |  New York Post - Jaromir Jagr's contract no longer contains a team option for next season, meaning that the current agreement under which he would earn $8.36M for 2008-09 will be extended only if he hits the performance triggers included in the deal, The Post has learned.
That means that unless Jagr scores 40 goals or records 84 points while the Rangers win a playoff round in April, or unless he wins the Hart Trophy, Art Ross Trophy or Conn Smythe Trophy, a) No. 68 will be eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1; and, b) beginning next season the Blueshirts will no longer be entitled to any cap discount on their captain.
If the current Jagr contract (that he signed with Washington in October of 2001) is not automatically extended, the Rangers and No. 68 could negotiate a new deal for next year before he gets to the open market. Jagr, who will turn 36 on Feb. 15, has said time and time again that he has no interest at all in playing for any NHL team other than the Rangers. [READ] |
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