They are, respectively, the second-oldest player and the oldest goaltender in the NHL today. Both are first-ballot Hall of Famers with nothing left to prove in hockey. But Jaromir Jagr and Martin Brodeur keep playing, and of late they have been playing very well indeed.
For Brodeur in particular, his strong play is a much-needed revitalization. When he stumbled through his first five games this season (1-2-2, 0.871 save percentage) an observer could be forgiven for thinking that the veteran goalie was finished.
After all, Brodeur had just put in three below-average seasons, something pointed to at this site when the goalie publicly contemplated waiving his no-trade clause for a deadline move. Included in that piece was this save percentage chart, with the red line showing Brodeur’s numbers and the blue line representing NHL average:
That gap over the last three seasons, as was pointed out at the time, means that Brodeur had allowed 29 more goals than an NHL-average goalie playing the same minutes.
In his last seven games, though, Brodeur has been lights out. He has a 6-1-0 record ...
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Resurgent New Jersey Devils Led by 41-Year-Olds Jaromir Jagr and Martin Brodeur
November 23rd, 2013 by Jonathan Willis Leave a reply »
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