JÁGR, LEGENDA – Csicsely Lukáš (2021)

"I once said that I want to be the best in the world, and I still stand by that," declared Jaromír Jágr at the age of twenty. Did he succeed? When? And how? Similar questions are posed by hockey commentators Andy and Dave as they reflect on the life of one of the most successful hockey players in history. They showcase Jaromír's childhood in Kladno, his struggles for the Czech national team, including the Olympic triumph in Nagano, and his rise in the NHL, the most-watched league in the world, where legends like Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux roamed the rinks at that time. In this narrative, Mario transforms from Jaromír's idol into a teammate on the Pittsburgh Penguins, with whom he gradually forms one of the best offensive duos in the NHL... Will Jaromír live up to expectations when he has to replace Mario? And will Mario replace him when he becomes the owner of the failing Pittsburgh? And how will his belief in supernatural forces help him through it all? The comic JÁGR, LEGEND is, on one hand, the story of a legendary hockey player from his birth to the end of his tenure in Pittsburgh, but it is also an action narrative about a knight who wears hockey gear instead of armor, and whose journey does not lead to the holy grail, but to the Stanley Cup.