Jaromir Jagr News

With both the Flyers and Sixers recently concluding their seasons, with the Phillies mired in a strangely mediocre campaign and the Eagles still trying to figure out what the hell happened last year, it seems like a good time to take stock - to examine the current state of Philadelphia's four major sports franchises.

We will examine the Penguins' 1991-92 season which led to the first Stanley Cup title in franchise history.

"Twenty Years Later" is a segment, with a highly unimaginative name, which will appear on Empty Netters throughout the 2010-11 season.

The NHL 's Stanley Cup Playoffs are arguably the most exciting out of the four major sports because anything can happen during a Cup run.

In the 23 years I have been watching Philly sports only once has my team reached the pinnacle - the 2008 World Series Champion Phillies.

Just before the February trade deadline, the Los Angeles Kings were more than willing to part ways with their two-way forward Dustin Brown .

Nothing is official yet, but plans are for KHL teams to play two regular-season games at the Barclays Center in January during the Martin Luther King holiday weekend.

Mike Richards celebrates Dustin Penner's overtime goal that beat Phoenix goalie Mike Smith and lifted Los Angeles Kings into the finals.

For the only league fueled by ageless tradition, awarding the champion with the most storied trophy in sports is no exception.

Still, some key offseason personnel questions remain. One of the biggest centers around the fate of future Hall of Fame forward Jaromir Jagr .

As the Washington Capitals enter yet another offseason with bitterness stemming from a disappointingly early playoff exit, George McPhee has to be wondering what he can possibly do to help the franchise advance beyond the second round for the first time since 1998.

The Philadelphia Flyers cleaned house this past offseason moving, among others, Mike Richards, the team captain whose immaturity was said to have fractured the locker room and resulted in the Flyguys' second round sweep at the hands of the Boston Bruins to end the 2011 campaign.

Another Philadelphia Flyers playoff run has ended, marking the 36th consecutive season to end without a parade down Broad Street.

Rangers goaltender and Flyers center Claude Giroux both have a good chance at gracing the cover of EA Sports NHL '13. EA Sports.

Philly.com's Sam Carchidi believes that future Hall of Famer Jaromir Jagr is prepared to walk after only one year in Philadelphia, though it was Jagr's lack of answer that convinced Carchidi the right winger won't be returning to the City of Brotherly Love.

Six foot, 205-lb Matt Carle was born in Anchorage, Alaska. A Drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the second round of the '03 NHL Draft, Carle played in parts of three seasons with the Sharks before being shuffled off A to Tampa Bay in the 2008 offseason.

April 13, 2012; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Philadelphia Flyers right wing Jaromir Jagr shoots and scores the game winning goal against Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and Penguins defenseman Ben Lovejoy during the third period in game two of the 2012 Eastern Conference quarterfinals at CONSOL Energy Center.

The Devils Dainius Zubrus and Stephen Gionta chase after the puck against the Flyers Claude Giroux and Jaromir Jagr during the 1st overtime period of the Devils 4-3 win.

It has now been over a week since the Philadelphia Flyers A were dispatched in five-games by the New Jersey Devils .

"I want to cry right now," 40-year-old Jaromir Jagr told Philadelphia beat reporter Frank Seravalli after his Flyers were eliminated in the second round by the New Jersey Devils.