The World Hockey Championship provided an excellent stage for Jaromir Jagr to begin playing mind games with professional clubs on both sides of the Atlantic, as his contract with Avangard Omsk of the KHL is expired and it doesn't appear he will be renewing with that team any time soon.

So, knowing full well what kind of chatter has been going on in North America on the possibility of him making an NHL return in 2011-12, a season during which he will turn 40, Jagr decided to fan the flames a little after grabbing an assist on Tomas Plekanec's empty net goal that sealed the Czech Republic`s 7-4 win over Russia in the bronze medal game Sunday. The assist gave Jagr nine points in nine games at the worlds, good for sixth on the tournament scoring list and – amazingly – the tournament directorate`s top forward award and a spot on the all-tournament team. After the game, Jagr spoke to the Edmonton Journal`s Dan Barnes about what the future holds and spoke about the possibility of returning to the NHL. "You never know. Maybe it will be still fun to go back to NHL," Jagr told Barnes. "Maybe Pittsburgh. I don't know. Maybe Montreal. Maybe New York." http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110516/mtl_habshub_habit_110515/20110516/?hub=MontrealSports