Martin Brodeur

Former Devils goalie Martin Brodeur is still waiting for a suitable offer from another club. (Andrew Mills / The Star-Ledger)

Martin Brodeur keeps his fingers crossed for a suitable offer from an NHL club so that he can play one more season.



"Got nothing new to report," Brodeur texted on Monday. "Everything is well with me. Just getting ready in case a good opportunity comes along."

He likely will wait to see what happens after teams report to training camp. But with the opening of camps one week away, it is distinctly possible that the future Hall of Famer will retire and accept an off-ice job with the Devils.

Brodeur has a standing offer from the Devils.

“Yes. He knows that he will be a Devil for the rest of his life. He’s said it publicly and we’ve talked about it,” Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello confirmed. “What Marty has done, the type of personality he is and what his experience has been, it’s really a no-brainer. He’s a Devil.

“I think he’s just going to wait and see what transpires at different training camps and then he’ll make a decision whether he wants to go somewhere or whether he wants to retire. That’s my opinion, and I talk to Marty all the time.”

Brodeur, 42, admits it has been difficult working out in New Jersey this summer without knowing if he’ll play again. He spoke to Pierre Durocher of Le Journal de Montreal last week and said he would like to play for a team that has a chance to go far in the playoffs, even in a backup role, and that he's ready to wait the whole month of September if necessary.

He would prefer to play for a Western Conference team because he expects it would be difficult playing against the Devils.

But as he sits tight and allows his agent to talk to teams, you have to wonder if Brodeur might retire and choose a path that would make him Lamoriello’s understudy.

"You never know," Lamoriello told reporters and columnists from NJ Advance Media last month. "You always have to find out of former players want to work. They're used to playing. I know why he doesn't want to coach. I don't know how much Marty wants to work.

"(Brendan) Shanahan went to the league and paid the price, but it's up to the individual. You see some that have gone into it and drifted away. It's not the organization. It's what they wanted to put into it to have success.

“It’s the individual. Once they get into it and feel, ‘This is not for me. Golf is more for me, or parties are more for me. The social aspect is more for me.’ That’s the majority, by the way.”