Brodeur signed to AHL PTO in blatant display of nepotism.

Well this is a sad tale and it has some fans up in arms at what is obviously a case of blatant nepotism. 

According to an official report from the Binghamton Devils of the American Hockey League, the affiliate team for the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils, the organization has signed goaltender Jeremy Brodeur to a professional tryout offer in the American Hockey League. Now the move would be a relatively innocuous one if not for the fact that Jeremy Brodeur is the son of legendary National Hockey League goaltender Martin Brodeur.

Due to the obvious association many have been quick to point to the fact that Jeremy has only been given this opportunity, an opportunity that in theory could have gone to a more deserving player, because of his connections with his father and his father influence within the Devils' organization. Although there is of course no way to prove this to a certainty, and there never will be unless the Devils are extremely careless, Jeremy's recent performances definitely would suggest that this is the work of his father and not the work of the young goaltender himself.

Most recently Brodeur played in just a single game for the Norfolk Admirals and in that single game he recorded a horrific 5.00 goals against averager and an ugly .894 save percentage. Prior to that things were not any better in his 14 games with the Allen Americans recording a 4.09 goals against average and a .888 save percentage.Most recently Brodeur played in just a single game for the Norfolk Admirals and in that single game he recorded a horrific 5.00 goals against averager and an ugly .894 save percentage. Prior to that things were not any better in his 14 games with the Allen Americans recording a 4.09 goals against average and a .888 save percentage.

It has to be said that both of those organizations are based in the ECHL, formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League, a league that most would readily admit is a tier below the competition in the American Hockey League. Brodeur flunking out of the ECHL would indicate that he is no way ready for competition at the AHL level, and suggests that this was indeed nepotism at play.

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