Leaving his "party in the back" along the trail of his multiple East coast stops, Jaromir Jagr made his debut this week as a member of the Philadelphia Flyers. The 39-year-old Czech is taking a chance at another year in the NHL, but not as big a chance as the Flyers, who signed him in July for $3.3 million in an off-season transformation of the 2010 Eastern Conference champions. GM Paul Holmgren cleaned house by sending center Jeff Carter to Columbus and forward Mike Richards to the Los Angeles Kings, in return welcoming Jagr, former Red Wing defenseman Anders Lilja and a trio of forwards, Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek, to The City That Booed Santa. Before all the moves, the Flyers appeared to be a front runner again in the East. Now they're a fascinating mystery, a quickly gelling force for the next few years or a black and orange implosion.
Philly, we know what you did last summer. The question is, will they know what they've done next May?
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