Jaromir Jagr
PHILADELPHIA, PA - MAY 08: Jaromir Jagr #68 of the Philadelphia Flyers pauses following a 3-1 defeat against the New Jersey Devils in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Wells Fargo Center on May 8, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Devils defeated the Flyers 3-1 to win the series four games to one.
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They’re stronger than I thought, that is for sure ... I thought we’d handle the boards a little better than we have so far. You never know. You just have to keep fighting. In my experience, I have been on teams that totally dominated the first, three or four games and this series it has changed. I thought they have been a little bit stronger and faster than us.
It was probably tougher than everybody thought ... We were kind of confident after the series against Pittsburgh. We realize it’s not going to be easy. It’s going to be very hard. It’s going to be a war. They’re very strong on the boards, they cycle the puck very well. They’re stronger than I thought, for sure. I thought we were going to handle the boards a little better than we have so far. You never know. You’ve just got to keep fighting.
I thought it was going to be tough and it is tough ... We should have played a lot better than we did the last three games, that’s for sure. But you’ve got to give them a lot of credit. They didn’t give you much. It’s not like you don’t try. But it can change like that.More quotes »
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