Will Jaromir Jagr Help the Flyers?

Hey, puckheads. I hope your 4th of July was great. Hotdogs, hamburgers, fireworks, Joey Chestnut. Haha. I got you on that one. No seriously, another big hot dog eating win for Chestnut. But guess what? The free agency period has started and many big names are already moving on to new teams. One of these big names is Mr. Jaromir Jagr, a former big-time NHL star who has returned to the states and has now signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.

Shocker? Surpriser? Probably so. Let's get something straight. Jagr has very lucrative deals from the Penguins and the Red Wings to join their respective teams. However, he says he felt "more at ease" when he heard what the Flyers were going to give him. One question: What?! Would you turn down a lot of benefits in those contracts to play for a team that might be revamping their entire roster? One thing's for sure: Jagr is willing to take that risk.

According to a report by ESPN.com via the Associated Press, he liked what GM Paul Holmgren was doing in revamping the Flyers, and that the addition of Ilya Bryzgalov was a reason why he signed on with the team, instead of taking the deals from Pittsburgh and Detroit. Okay, so Ilya Bryzgalov is a good goalie but would you sign on without the additions of Mike Richards and Jeff Carter? Unfortunately, he would and right now, Jagr seems like the choice to replace those two starred forwards. But as a veteran, it might be better if we just wait and see what he brings to the rearranged Flyers team.

I don't know where the Flyers are going right now. Flyers fans say that this team definitely is going in the right direction. But right now, things are a little bit dicey. Will Bryzgalov prove himself for Philadelphia? Will Jagr provide the offense left by Richards and Carter? There's so many unanswered question and it looks like the work is not done for the Philadelphia Flyers.