Bryce Salvador Returns to Devils The Devils have re-signed another key component of the team that reached the Stanley Cup finals. Bryce Salvador, the best defenseman during the Devils" playoff run this spring, has left free agency to return to the team with a three-year, $9.5 million contract. Salvador, 36, will return for his fourth full season with the Devils after finishing second among all defensemen in playoff scoring with 4 goals and 10 assists. He missed the 2010-11 season with a concussion, but despite scoring no goals and nine assists in 82 regular-season games last season was solid defensively in an excellent comeback campaign. Salvador is the third Devil who entered free agency Sunday but wound up re-signing with the debt-ridden club. Goalies Martin Brodeur and Johan Hedberg re-signed Monday under two-year contracts. Zach Parise, the team's captain last season and the most sought-after free agent on the market, has yet to come to a decision. But twice since Sunday he has told reporters that the Devils were very much in contention for his services. Brodeur, speaking on WFAN radio Tuesday morning, said it was "imperative" that the Devils re-sign Parise. Brodeur said he thought Parise would stay with the club. "It's looking good," Brodeur said. He's taking his time to make the right decision. The longer he waits, it means that he's thinking about the Devils a lot. I'm sure a lot of teams are throwing a lot of money and a lot of promises at him. But he's been a Devil all his career, and that's something that's tough to give up. General Manager Lou Lamoriello said after returning from the N.H.L. draft in Pittsburgh nine days ago that he faced a busy week trying to re-sign eight unrestricted free agents. Before the free agency period started, he re-signed his entire fourth line: Ryan Carter, Stephen Gionta and Steve Bernier. So far only one free agent has departed, Alexi Ponikarovsky, who signed with Winnipeg.