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Jagr, who inspired the Czechs to Olympic Gold in 1998, has
previously retired from international competition before
changing his mind to join up with the team for major events.
"I will join the team (but) it is not certain that I will play
at the championships. I will prepare and we will see how it all
works out," Jagr told the Sport daily.
The 43-year-old right winger wants to speak with Czech manager
Vladimir Ruzicka, Jagr's team mate and captain in the 1998
Olympic gold medal-winning team.
The NHL's fifth all-time leading goalscorer started the season
with the New Jersey Devils before being traded to the Florida
Panthers, whose failure to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs
freed Jagr up for the world championships starting in May.
Jagr, who was the fifth overall selection and only active player
left from the 1990 NHL entry draft, has also won two Stanley
Cups and two world titles.
Jagr is wildly popular in his home country and wears the number
68 to commemorate the Prague Spring of 1968 when Warsaw Pact
tanks invaded the Czech Republic to crush reforms of the
Communist government that veered away from the Moscow line.
(Reporting by Michael Kahn and Robert Muller,; Editing by Ed
Osmond)
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