Patrice Bergeron is somehow better statistically than last season

Patrice Bergeron won his record-breaking fifth Selke Trophy after what was the most dominant two-way season he's had in his 19-year career.

After finally deciding that he would return for at least one more season to captain the Boston Bruins, over recent years, has found the ''fountain of youth'' after it was projected to decline around three years ago.

Analytics expert JFresh Hockey recently shared Bergeron's underlying numbers from last season compared to this year, and somehow, the veteran is off to an even better start.

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