Christián Jaroš spoke about what was happening in New Jersey: I’m disappointed! – SPORT.SK

today 14:17 | Slovak hockey defender Christián Jaroš has not had a successful club season. In the overseas NHL, he was given a chance to play only in eleven games in the New Jersey Devils jersey, in which he did not score. When the “devils” sent him to a farm in the AHL at the end of March this year, he decided not to join the reserve and prematurely terminated the contract for 800 thousand USD. However, he received an invitation to represent Slovakia at the May World Championships in Finland, which he accepted. “I was very pleased with the phone call from the head of the association, Mira Šatan, and subsequently also from the assistant general manager, Ota Haščák. We debated whether I was interested in playing at the World Championships in Finland and my answer was clear – yes,” said 26-year-old . So far, the last time he started the match was on January 26 against the Dallas Stars. Since then, he has only been a healthy substitute and went unnoticed by a list of unprotected players. He is currently gaining fitness with other players in the national team camp, which precedes the official preparation for the World Cup. Jaroš returned to working in New Jersey, which did not turn out as he had imagined. “I’m very disappointed and disappointed. I came to Jersey to get a chance and be part of the first team. They kept telling me at the club that I should be patient that my chance would come. Although I sat mainly in the stands and played only 11 matches. “I believed it would happen, but the opposite was true,” admitted a bronze medalist from the 2015 Junior World Championships. When he was not given the promised opportunity and the Devils sent him to the farm, he decided to leave the club. “It wasn’t an affair decision. If I was sent to a farm during the year and I commuted between the lower league and the NHL, I take it. But if they kept telling me to persevere that I would play and then nothing, it sucks. “added Jaroš, who is now an unrestricted free agent and can decide where his next steps will lead. In the NHL, he played 94 regular season games in the Ottawa Senators, San Jose Sharks and New Jersey Devils. He scored one goal in them and added 13 assists. According to him, he will currently focus only on MS 2022.