Jaromir Jagr is still the king of Pittsburgh.
Jaromir Jagr’s game number 68 was retired in Pittsburgh. AOP / USA TODAY Sports
When the superstar of the music world Drake recently arrived in Pittsburgh, he experienced a nasty surprise. The rapper imagined that he would get the best rooms in the Fairmont hotel, but surprisingly they were already booked.
The booker was Jaromir Jagr.
The Czech legend had arrived in the city with his entourage for the shirt freezing ceremony. Drake’s gig was in Pittsburgh just a day before the Jagr show.
Jagr is still the king of Pittsburgh, and Drake was left licking his fingers in displeasure by The Hockey News by.
Drake’s pain may have been eased by the fact that he is a Jagr fan. In 2016, the man glowed Saturday Night Live – program, the attacker’s incredible achievements.
Of course, Drake’s own achievements are also impressive, but they don’t weigh much in Pittsburgh. There, the number 68 is royalty, for whom doors still open everywhere.
– This was the city that booked me. In this city, I have been treated as if I were their own child, Jagr told the NHL website before the shirt freezing ceremony.
Jagr, 52, played in Pittsburgh from 1995 to 2002. In the club’s shirt, he won, among other things, two Stanley Cups and the NHL points exchange five times.
Drake’s expression when he was told that the hotel’s best rooms are already full. PDO