Another weekend to ponder returning to New Jersey didn’t bring a decision from Brent Sutter.
Sutter told The Post yesterday he still hasn’t decided on coming back for a third season behind the Devils’ bench.
“It has to be done very soon because of the situation [with the Devils] and because of the circumstances [in Alberta],” Sutter said. “Mr. [Lou] Lamoriello and I talk on almost a daily basis. He knows exactly where everything stands.”
Sutter owns the junior Red Deer Rebels in Alberta, where he cut his coaching teeth, and strongly missed his family, which remained in Canada. He has expressed feeling responsibilities toward the Rebels, and his daughter in high school, in addition to those with the Devils.
“It’s been busy,” Sutter said. “We just went through our [Red Deer] prospects camp, with all the young players.”
Sutter would not reveal which way he is leaning. “Right now, I’m not prepared to answer that question,” he said.
The Post first reported in February the possibility that Sutter might not return this season, when his repeated answer to the issue raised by sources was “No response.” Sutter says he goes through this decision process each summer, just that no one knew about it before.