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Let’s all welcome Jaromir Jagr to Twitter

Philadelphia Flyers v Pittsburgh Penguins

PITTSBURGH, PA - DECEMBER 29: Jaromir Jagr #68 of the Philadelphia Flyers skates during warm ups before the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Consol Energy Center on December 29, 2011 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Flyers won 4-2. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

Justin K. Aller

In late June, Pittsburgh Penguins fans were dying alive with anticipation over the possibility of Jaromir Jagr returning - and they followed much of that speculation breathlessly on Twitter. Perhaps it makes perfect sense that Penguins fans and everyone else might get the occasional glimpse of the Philadelphia Flyers winger’s thought process now that he’s on Twitter as @68Jagr.

Jagr provided a video introduction to get things started, but here are a few things I’d love to see from his account:


  • Twitter polls asking for bizarre facial hair requests.
  • You know how music artists find long-lost B-sides and never-before-released tunes? Jagr should go to some basement and unearth a treasure trove of photos form his mullet era. Frankly, we all need to widen that rotation.
  • As many snarky bits of Twitter chirping as he can get away with without getting suspended or attacked.
  • Speaking of Twitter chirping, I demand that Jagr take time out of his day to engage in whatever hashtag meme floats around in a given off-day.

So those are a few of the things that I’d love to see from the future Hall of Famer’s Twitter feed, but what are you looking forward to? (If you’re a Washington Capitals fan, try to be nice.)