And look what it did to Jaromir Jagr . Here's a guy that wanted out of here. Mario announces his comeback and Jagr gets two goals and two assists. Jan Hrdina looked like a world beater out there. There were so many players that had terrific jump out there, simply through osmosis of Mario's greatness being in the room.
Every player wants the chance to play with other great players and a chance to win.
They are getting both of those chances with Mario in the lineup. I'd be wrong if I said I expected this to happen. We want him to stick around for a long time, it's great for hockey. So for him to accomplish what he did in game one, it's just a springboard of things to come in my opinion. All great combinations create time and space, and what you saw tonight, and why Jaromir Jagr had so much success is because Mario buys him time.