Jaromir Jagr has always been a change agent with impeccable timing, even when he couldn’t control it. By timing and luck, he arrived in the NHL at the perfect moment for when it was starting being common and possible for Eastern European players to make their way over. It was perfect timing for the Penguins franchise too, who used the boost Jagr gave them in the early years as a big piece of the puzzle to win the Stanley Cup in each of his first two seasons.
From there, Jagr became the player of the ‘90s, he won five Art Ross scoring titles, including four in a row from 1998-2001.