Martin Brodeur is coming home. He knew this day would come eventually, because when an athlete achieves at such a high level that a franchise erects a statue in his honor outside its arena, it's always a safe bet that he'll always have a job waiting for him, too.
But this job?
And this soon?
Brodeur didn't expect that. He is returning to the Devils as executive vice president of business development, NJ Advance Media has learned, a role that takes him away from hockey operations but immerses him in the business side of the sport in a way he wouldn't have imagined when he retired.