Jagr was drafted to the Penguins in June 1990.
How long has that been? He has been playing since:
- He was drafted before the Persian Gulf War started
- USA was 3.2 Trillion Dollars in Debt
- Simpsons Debut
- The Average age of current NHL players was 3 years old
- Magic Johnsons didn't have HIV
- Popular Christmas toy for 1990 was the Ninja Turtles Blimp (didn't get it)
- Human Genome Project was just beginning
- #1 song on draft day was Elton John - Sacrifice (no idea what this is)
- NBA salary cap for 1990-1991 season was $11.871 million
- Patrick Ewing was highest paid player at $4.25 Million (Jordan 2.5 million...AJ Wynder $30k!)
Lots of weird facts. This guy is old.