DETROIT -- Chris Osgood, the second-winningest goaltender in Detroit Red Wings history, will announce his retirement on Tuesday, a source confirmed to Booth Newspapers on Monday.

The announcement will be made during a media conference call with Osgood and general manager Ken Holland.

Osgood, 38, has accepted a position with the team and will be working with the organization's young goalies.

The Red Wings are expected to sign Ty Conklin as their backup goaltender this week.

Holland and Osgood met this past weekend in Vernon, British Columbia, where both have summer homes. Holland said last week that he wanted to speak with Osgood face-to-face before deciding on a backup goalie. He said he wanted to determine Osgood's health and motivation.

Rollie Thompson, Osgood's long-time agent, said Monday night that he had not spoken to Osgood or Holland on Monday.

"There has been no contract talks," Thompson said. "There's been no discussions, so I don't know how there would be a contract."

Holland did not return a call seeking comment. Thompson said he hadn't spoken to Holland since last week and hadn't talked to Osgood since Saturday.

"Chris was trying to sort through what his direction was," Thompson said. "The two of them (Osgood and Holland) were going to talk and then there was going to be a decision."

Osgood told Holland in May that he would like to play another season. The club's main concern was his health. Osgood had surgery for a sports hernia on Jan. 11 and didn't play the rest of the season, experiencing a couple of setbacks in March.

Joey MacDonald, signed last week to a two-year contract to serve as the organization's No. 3 goalie, backed up Jimmy Howard the second half of the season and in the playoffs.

The Red Wings pursued several goalies through free agency, including Tomas Vokoun, who signed with Washington, Jose Theodore (Florida) and Mike Smith (Phoenix). But all wanted starting roles and weren't interested in backing up Howard and playing only 20-25 games.

Holland also talked extensively with the agent for former Conklin and said last week he was offered a goalie through a trade.

With a career record of 401-216-66-29 (W-L-T-OTL), Osgood ranks ranks 10th in wins in league history, just two behind former Edmonton Oilers great Grant Fuhr and six behind former Red Wing Glenn Hall.

Osgood has 317 wins as a Red Wing, second only to Terry Sawchuk (352).

Osgood, the club's third-round pick in 1991, spent his first nine NHL seasons in Detroit, before being claimed by the New York Islanders in the 2001 waiver draft, three months after the Red Wings acquired Dominik Hasek from the Buffalo Sabres.

After three seasons with the Islanders and St. Louis Blues, Osgood returned to Detroit as a free agent in 2005-06.

He reinvented himself, becoming more of a butterfly goalie, and flourished, leading the team to the Stanley Cup championship in 2008, after replacing an ineffective Hasek during the first round of the playoffs.

Osgood also excelled in the 2009 playoffs, when the Red Wings lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 7 of the Cup finals.

Osgood has won two Cups as a starter (the other in 1998) and three overall.