Martin Brodeur RUMORS & NEWS

North Jersey "Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, who will turn 41 one week from today, has said many times already that he will come back next season and play out the second and final season on his contract. That doesn’t mean that next season will definitely be Brodeur’s last, though. “Not at all,” the future..." April 30

Bergen Record "Martin Brodeur, who will turn 41 on May 6, again stated Tuesday that he plans to honor the final year on his contract and return for a 20th NHL season. “I had a fun year,” said Brodeur, the NHL’s all-time leader in wins and shutouts. “I felt really good playing again. I’m just looking forward..." April 24

Newark Star-Ledger "During the Stanley Cup playoffs last year, Devils goalie Martin Brodeur decided to end a longstanding policy of talking to the media on the morning of games. He was, to be fair, one of the few goaltenders who did so. But this season he has continued that policy and he thinks it helps his..." March 29

New York Post "Martin Brodeur playfully asked what else he could have done for the Devils last night. Coach Peter DeBoer had an idea. “If he would’ve got in a fight, he would’ve done a little bit of everything for us,” DeBoer said. Brodeur scored his third career goal and made 17 saves in his first game in..." March 22

Bergen Record "The Devils are on the ice for their practice this afternoon at Prudential Center. They will fly to Raleigh, N.C. later this afternoon for their game against the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday night. Goaltender Martin Brodeur is expected to get the start after recovering from a pinched nerve in..." March 20

New York Post "Martin Brodeur, who has missed the past 11 games for the Devils with a back injury, skated with his teammates yesterday in practice for the first time since Feb. 24. The veteran goaltender began skating on his own last week. Brodeur suffered the injury while participating in pregame warm-ups on..." March 19

Bergen Record "The Devils activated goalie Martin Brodeur from injured reserve this afternoon and assigned Jeff Frazee to Albany (AHL). Frazee appeared in his first NHL game on Mar. 9 in Carolina when he took over for Johan Hedberg. He played 19 minutes and stopped all three shots he faced for a 1.000 save..." March 19

Newark Star-Ledger "After his first practice with the team today in three weeks, Devils goalie Martin Brodeur said he will probably be ready to start Thursday night’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh, N.C. But the 40-year-old goalie, who has been sidelined by a pinched nerve in his upper back and..." March 18

Bergen Record "Martin Brodeur is gradually moving closer to returning from his back injury. He was on the ice again Saturday morning, facing shots from the assistant coaching staff and D Mark Fayne, who was a healthy scratch. "He’s looking better and I don’t think he’s too far off," Devils coach Pete DeBoer..." March 17

Newark Star-Ledger "Devils goalie Martin Brodeur, sidelined with a sore back, skated on his own for the first time today since being put on injured reserve. "Marty did skate this morning," general manager Lou Lamoriello reported, "There is no timetable until he's 100 percent. It's part of his rehab to get..." March 12

Newark Star-Ledger "Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur has not suffered a setback with his ailing back. “No. Absolutely not. In fact, the opposite,” general manager Lou Lamoriello said today. “No setback. That I can assure you.” So why is Brodeur, who is on injured reserve, no longer listed as day to..." March 06

Bergen Record "The Devils still believe that Martin Brodeur’s back injury is not serious, but they’re playing it safe with the future Hall of Famer. The Devils placed their No. 1 goaltender on injured reserve Tuesday. retroactive to Sunday’s game against Winnipeg, during which he sat on the bench as the..." February 27

New York Post "The Devils are currently in a slide, and now will have to play at least the next two games without future Hall of Fame goalie Martin Brodeur. Brodeur was placed on injured reserve on Tuesday with a back injury, retroactive to Sunday when he was slated to start against the Jets but pulled himself..." February 26

Newark Star-Ledger "Devils goalie Martin Brodeur said it was a sore back that prevented him from starting tonight against the Winnipeg Jets, but he doesn't feel the problem is a major concern. The 40-year-old goalie said he hurt his back in practice some time back and it probably stiffened while sitting on the..." February 25

Bergen Record "Martin Brodeur couldn’t start and late replacement Johan Hedberg couldn’t stop the Devils’ slide. After Brodeur pulled himself out of a scheduled start during pregame warm-ups because of a sore back, the Devils turned in another lackluster effort in a 4-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday at..." February 25

Newark Star-Ledger "If Team Canada comes calling, Martin Brodeur will listen. Despite the fact he'll be 41 years-old-during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Brodeur said today that he's interested if he's welcome there. Initially, after playing in his fourth Olympics for Canada in 2010, Brodeur assumed it would..." February 18

Bergen Record "For most of the first period of NHL hockey in Newark, Martin Brodeur was backed into his own net, a flurry of Flyers shots heading his way. Nine of them would come in all, and nine of them he would turn away, surviving two Philadelphia power plays along the way. As he gloved, poked and..." January 23

Pro Hockey Talk "Devils goalie Martin Brodeur knew the NHL lockout would be a back-burner issue in New Jersey, but he didn't think the topic would fall by the wayside in arguably the most passionate hockey city in the world. "I just came back from Montreal and I was surprised how it wasn't talked about much by..." November 06

New York Post "The Goalie played showdown with Lou Lamoriello and won. Martin Brodeur says he might have left the Devils if he hadn't forced them to offer a second year on his new contract. The Goalie shook off Lamoriello's one-year contract offer and hired an agent to test the free agent market Sunday...." July 03

New York Post "There will be no sad songs sung for Martin Brodeur if ownership's perilous state makes it necessary for the franchise goaltender to leave his franchise behind. He will make millions elsewhere, everyone understands that. Still, if the 40-year-old career Devil does leave New Jersey, then Jeff..." July 01

Los Angeles Times "There is a Peter Pan quality to New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, a blend of old and young that makes him the perfect teammate to weather the ups and downs of a long NHL season. The Devils were down 3-0 in games to the Kings in the Stanley Cup Final and all hope appeared lost. Or it..." June 08

L.A. Daily News "In a Stanley Cup Final in which every break, every timely bit of luck and every fortunate bounce of the puck went the Kings' way over the first three games, nothing broke their way in Game 4 Wednesday at Staples Center. Breakaway shots flew wide or high or were gobbled up by New Jersey Devils..." June 07

Denver Post "Martin Brodeur is a great goalie; a no-doubt, first-ballot Hall of Famer; the winningest regular-season netminder in NHL history. Here comes the but ... But Patrick Roy remains the best goalie ever. A fourth Stanley Cup in his career would have given the Brodeur-is-better crowd more of a leg..." June 06

New York Post "His glove was as good as its been all postseason, there was no soft goals, and there was nothing but confidence from the guys in front of him, knowing that he has been here before and played his best when he has been needed most. So it was almost a shock to see the puck slide past Devils'..." June 03

New York Post "Back then he wasn't yet the greatest goaltender of all time, he wasn't the holder of statistical records nor had he spent three separate days with the Stanley Cup as his personal play toy. Back then, in the spring of 1994, he was hardly even a starter. "Nobody knew my name," Martin Brodeur..." May 25

New York Post "Those who weren't around aren't impressed. So they say. "That's 15, 20 years ago, I don't care," Devils captain Zach Parise said. He was still trying to savor last night's dramatic 5-3 Devils victory in Game 5 at the Garden, where Ryan Carter scored the tie-breaking winner with 4:24 to..." May 24

New York Post "I've got to tell you, I can't even begin to imagine exactly what Martin Brodeur was thinking after the Devils' 3-0 defeat in Game 1 of the Battle of the Hudson on Monday, in which the Rangers blocked more shots (26) than actually got through to Henrik Lundqvist (21), but clearly, he allowed..." May 16

New York Post "In one corner of the Garden rink last night stood the old man who has stoned Father Time's incessant breakaways, who has kept the notion that 40-year-old goaltenders are over the hill out of his net, who was looking to glove his fourth Stanley Cup and maybe, just maybe, skate off into the sunset..." May 15

NHL.com "New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur says he always enjoys the playoff battles against the New York Rangers. On Monday, he'll step between the pipes in his fifth playoff series against the Broadway Blueshirts. It will also mark his third matchup against Henrik Lundqvist, who'll be manning..." May 14

New York Post "Cake and candles were last night. That cleared the table so Martin Brodeur can try to celebrate his Big 4-0 today by going up 3-1 tonight. The NHL's all-time goaltender turns 40 today, still setting records, still the Devils' playoff starter for the NHL record 181th straight game. He has..." May 06

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Earlier this week, 34-year-old Scott Clemmensen laughed about being the youngest goalie in the series and said he was confident that he could get the best of his mentor, Martin Brodeur, the Devils' iconic netminder who was pulled in Game 3 for just the sixth time in his certain Hall of Fame..." April 20

Denver Post "Martin Brodeur doesn't get too excited about regular-season victories, preferring Stanley Cups to savor instead. With 651 career wins and three Cup rings, he's had plenty to celebrate. But the 39-year-old New Jersey Devils goalie said Thursday's 1-0 shutout win over Jean- Sebastien Giguere and..." March 16

New York Post "Even the Devils' climb to a home-ice playoff slot for the first time in more than 22 months is trivial compared to the anguish Martin Brodeur has been rising above so completely. For Brodeur, the constant thread in a run of 14-of-17 first- or second- place Atlantic Division finishes, there's..." February 20

Newark Star-Ledger "Zach Parise was ready to head to the Devils' dressing room feeling robbed by another video review being conducted inside the NHL's War Room in Toronto. Most of the Devils were certain that Ryan Getzlaf scored what would've been the winning goal for the Anaheim Ducks by using a distinct kicking..." February 18

Newark Star-Ledger "Even if Martin Brodeur returns to play another season for the Devils (and he is leaning that way), it does not change the need to find his successor. That is why the development of Scott Wedgewood, Keith Kinkaid, Jeff Frazee and Maxime Clermont is so important and being monitored so closely by..." January 29

New York Post "Perfection and only one puck narrowly eluded the NHL's shutout king last night. Martin Brodeur backed up his declaration in Tuesday's Post that he is leaning toward coming back next season. In the end, the NHL's victory emperor said he was pleased enough with recording win No. 637, the Devils'..." January 18

Newark Star-Ledger "Martin Brodeur hasn't shared the Devils' goaltending duties equally since the 1993-94 season when he was a rookie and played 47 games while Chris Terreri appeared in 44. Except when he was injured, as he was in 2008-09, Brodeur hasn't played fewer games than his partner in any of his 18 full..." December 26

New York Post "There are no hints dropped from the Great Brodeur upon being asked whether this 18th season might be the final one of his NHL career. There is, though, a vow from the 39-year-old goaltender, as good at his craft as anyone who has ever played the position, and the promise as told to Slap Slaps..." December 18

New York Post "When the winningest goaltender in NHL history takes the ice for his 1,148th game today, he will try to live up to his reputation as The Greatest, and confound the critics whispering he's living off it. In what may be his final season, 39-year-old Devils goalie Martin Brodeur will try to prove..." December 10

Newark Star-Ledger "The stats are alarming. Devils goalie Martin Brodeur has allowed six goals on nine first-period shots in the last two games against the Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild. "It's been two games now with a tough start," Brodeur said after tonight's 4-2 loss to the Wild. "The puck doesn't..." December 03

Bergen Record "It took until Nov. 5, but Devils goalie Martin Brodeur finally got his first win of the season Saturday against the Jets by making 21 saves. Brodeur missed nearly three weeks and six games with a right shoulder injury, sothe start was only his fourth of the season (and one start lasted only one..." November 06

Newark Star-Ledger "He is 39 years old and has missed 76 games because of various injuries over the past three seasons, but Devils goalie Martin Brodeur doesn't believe a right shoulder injury he suffered tonight is serious. Brodeur landed on the shoulder while making a blocker save with 8:26 remaining in a..." October 14

Bergen Record "Those who did not play in the Devils' 2-1 overtime preseason win over the Rangers Wednesday night in Albany are on the ice right now practicing. Forward Dainius Zubrus is not out there after leaving practice Wednesday morning with what the team called, "lower-body stiffness." The Devils say..." September 22

Newark Star-Ledger "Martin Brodeur says he is already burned out. From playing golf. Not hockey. "I've had my fill of it," Brodeur said as he began today's annual Devils golf event at Upper Montclair Country Club. "I'm golfed-out." As for the upcoming hockey season, Brodeur is ready, and new coach Pete..." September 15

Newark Star-Ledger "They will come up short in the quest to make the playoffs. But there is one significant aspect to the Devils' second half of this season that should put a lot of minds at ease. Goaltender Martin Brodeur has been at the top of his game since early January. "Right now to me he's at his best..." March 31

Newark Star-Ledger "Ilya Kovalchuk has no regrets. Sure, he got his money when he signed a a 15-year contract with the Devils last summer for $100 million. But he also got another season that ended without a trip to the playoffs. Still, he does not regret his decision. "No. Not at all," Kovalchuk told me..." March 31

Bergen Record "Martin Brodeur remembers thinking, "I had enough." The Devils goaltender wasn't alone. The team was having a miserable season and it would have been difficult to find more than a handful of players on the roster who could claim they were playing anywhere near the level expected of..." March 22