Jagr return to Flames from injury remains uncertain

Jaromir Jagr's future with the Calgary Flames is uncertain after the forward was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, general manager Brad Treliving told TSN on Tuesday.
"As far as what the future holds, we're not in a position to talk about that yet, other than he's on IR and we'll continue to work through this and he'll continue to look to try to get healthy as quickly as he possibly can," Treliving said.

Jagr, who turns 46 on Feb. 15, has missed 23 games, including the past six, because of injuries. He has seven points (one goal, six assists) in 22 games.
He last played in a 4-3 overtime win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Dec. 31 and was placed on injured reserve Sunday retroactive to that date.
"We knew coming in, hey, listen, Jaromir is one of the all-time greats in our sport," Treliving said. "I think he's shown flashes since he's been here. If you couple it with the fact that he was unable to participate in training camp, he's battled some nagging stuff, and at the end of the day the age that he is at, that's difficult to go through those things at 20, never mind at 45 or 46 years old."
Jagr signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Flames as an unrestricted free agent Oct. 4 after not being re-signed by the Florida Panthers. He has played 1,733 NHL games and trails Gordie Howe (1,767) by 34 games for most in NHL history; Mark Messier is second (1,756). Jagr passed Ron Francis (1,731) for third Dec. 29.

Calgary will have 34 games left after playing the Los Angeles Kings on Jan. 24.
The Flames (25-16-4), who have won seven games in a row, next play Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets (3 p.m. ET; NHLN, CBC, SN, NHL.TV).