The Devils have brought left wing Brendan Shanahan back to the organization.

The 39-year-old left wing agreed to terms today on what is believed will be a one-year contract. Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said that Shanahan "has not officially signed a contract" yet.

"His representative and I will be working on that in the next couple of days," Lamoriello said. "That's why I said he's agreed in principle and that's not something either one of us are worried about."

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Shanahan can still contribute in some ways, and as long as they don't expect too much of him at this point, it's possible he becomes a stabilizing influence in the locker room. He put up 23 and 29 goals in his last two seasons with the Rangers, playing about 19 minutes a game.

UPDATE Reporter Tom Gulitti has some quotes from the man himself:

"I can just say I feel really good," Shanahan said. "I feel really strong, but at the same time I feel very rested. I maintained my training regimen through the summer. I had always sort of hoped and felt that in any week it could happen with any team and I wanted to be ready. So, I've been skating and training pretty much through the summer and all through training camp and right on until the present day. In my own head, I thought that probably a lot of teams were doing mid-season reports and analyzing their own needs, so I was skating a little bit with a college team last week.

"It's going to be a lot more hard work and I look forward to doing that, to getting myself in game shape. It's one thing to stay fit and to train hard and it's another thing to be in game shape. But I think I have a very strong base and foundation to get myself there quickly."