Jagr ranks among Czech Extraliga’s top scorers

Jaromir Jagr might be deeply disappointed about the lockout, but if his five-point Sunday performance is any indication, he’s making the most of things for Kladno in the Czech Extraliga.

One might even say that he’s “owning” a league where he owns a team.

That one-goal, four-assist performance bumped his season total to 26 points in just 16 games, ranking him fifth overall in league scoring (and just two behind temporary teammate Tomas Plekanec).

There a few other interesting bits to ponder from Jagr’s run, which included today’s 7-2 pounding of Chomutov.

• Jagr stated during the offseason that he wanted to sign with the Montreal Canadiens. One cannot blame Habs fans if they’re pondering the kind of damage Jagr and Plekanec might have caused at the NHL level considering their current success.
• Jagr’s numbers are startlingly similar to the ones he put up with the team during the 2004-05 lockout; he had one more goal and one more assist in one extra game last time around. (Although his +18 this season towers over the +7 from last time.)
• Some other interesting names on the Czech Extraliga’s leading scorers list include Radek Bonk (third place with 29 points), Ales Hemsky (11th place with 21 points), and former Jagr teammates Martin Straka (ninth place, 24 points) and Petr Nedved (12th place, 20 points).

There’s no way to know for sure if Jagr’s strong work overseas would translate into another productive NHL season, but Dallas Stars fans likely wish they could find out.