The "Jagr watch" is over.
The Philadelphia Flyers have agreed to a one-year deal worth $3.3 million with 39-year-old Jaromir Jagr, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. The deal comes just hours after the Penguins withdrew their two-year, $4 million offer.
Jagr spent the last three seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League after playing more than 17 seasons in the NHL.
One of the most decorated players in the NHL, Jagr enters the season ninth on the NHL's all-time point list (with 1,599), just ahead of former Bruins Phil Esposito and Ray Bourque.
The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Jagr led the NHL in scoring five times, won the Hart Trophy as NHL's MVP and was runner-up five other times. He spent 11 seasons with the Penguins and also spent time with the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers.
The Flyers were bounced by the Bruins in the Eastern Conference semifinals, but recently traded forwards Jeff Carter and Mike Richards.
Jagr is the biggest name to sign in NHL's version of Black Friday — the first day teams and players can agree to contracts.
In his three seasons in the KHL, Jagr recorded 145 points in 155 games.
