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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 3078209" data-attributes="member: 2012">Report: Jagr could miss Rangers' openerTSN.ca Staff with Star Ledger files9/21/2006 5:01:00 PMThe New York Rangers could play on opening night without their top player from last season.The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports that Jaromir Jagr's shoulder has kept him out of training camp scrimmages and preseason games, and the Rangers can't guarantee he'll be in the lineup on Oct. 5 when they open the 2006-07 campaign at home against the Washington Capitals.Jagr underwent surgery on left shoulder in May after dislocating it in the Rangers' first-round playoff series against the New Jersey Devils."I wouldn't say 'sure,' but I can sure tell you I'd like him in it," Rangers head coach Tom Renney told the paper on Wednesday. "It's hard to say. He's feeling really good. But we'll defer to the medical people and take their advice."When he reported to training camp last week, Jagr said his shoulder still was lacking some strength, but he said he hoped to play all the preseason games.According to Renney, Jagr needs more time to heal."There's a timeline - there's a definitive timeline (with this surgery)," Renney told the Star-Ledger. "Unless they open it up and look and see that everything's fine, or unless they do some spectacular MRI that suggests everything's fine, it's healed, it's strong. So we have to pay attention to the timeline - just to play it safe. It's such a huge investment to all of us. We need him bang-on healthy."Jagr, chosen as a Hart Trophy finalist last season, broke the Rangers' franchise records with 54 goals and 123 points in 2005-06 and led New York to its first playoff appearance since 1997.</blockquote>

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