It’s a pretty common script, really: A star hockey player is finally overtaken by Father Time, decides to retire and then joins the team he once played for in a front-office capacity instead of on the ice. What makes this version atypical is that for Martin Brodeur the team in question is the St. Louis Blues rather than the New Jersey Devils.
On Tuesday, Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston broke the news that Brodeur would shortly announce his retirement to take up a position in the Blues’ front office:
As Johnston noted in his piece, there’s undoubtedly going to be a certain amount of surprise that Brodeur has chosen the Blues instead of the Devils as the place where his off-ice career starts. According to New Jersey general manager Lou Lamoriello, however, it’s an extremely natural move for the future Hall-of-Famer.
“He's going to be traveling with the team and staying with the team,” Lamoriello told NJ.com’s Rich Chere. “It keeps him as close to playing for the rest of this year as he can get. He's doing this because he made that commitment th ...
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Is Martin Brodeur’s Return to New Jersey Inevitable After NHL Legend Retires?
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