The 32-year-old goaltender has been limited to working on the ice with goaltending coach Roland Melanson since the start of training camp after having surgery May 1 to repair torn cartilage in his left hip. Schneider remains on a five-month recovery period, which would take him to Oct. 1. The Devils play a preseason game against SC Bern of Switzerland's National League at PostFinance Arena on Oct. 1 (1:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN, MSG+), and then open the regular season against the Edmonton Oilers at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Oct. 6 (1 p.m. ET; SN, MSG+).
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"I'm excited to be joining the guys, but I don't think it's any indication or guarantee as to what my status will be on the trip," Schneider said. "It's status quo, but again, to be a part of it and get the work in with the team will be exciting.
"The last 5-10 percent is sometimes the hardest to tell because the game is a different animal. You think you feel good in practice and you jump into a game and all of a sudden something doesn't feel right.
"I think we've had a pretty outlined approach at how I want to do this and go through it and I think every step we've taken has gone well and we haven't really had any setbacks, so there's still some time left, still a ways to go to feel 100 percent. But being out there practicing and doing most of what I feel I can do is a good feeling and a good sign."
Schneider missed 16 regular-season games with a groin/hip injury sustained in a 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Jan. 23 and went 0-10-2 with a 4.04 goals-against average and .863 save percentage in his final 12 regular-season games, dating to Dec. 29. He finished 17-16-6 in 40 games, with his worst goals-against average (2.93) and save percentage (.907) in five seasons with the Devils.
He was the backup when the Stanley Cup Playoffs started but relieved Keith Kinkaid in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Tampa Bay Lightning, then started Game 3 and made 34 saves in a 5-2 victory. Schneider finished with a 1.78 GAA and .950 save percentage in four games, but New Jersey lost the best-of-7 series in five games.
"Cory has come along really well," coach John Hynes said. "We've increased his workloads throughout training camp and he's responded every time, so it's nice to see him back out there, having a full net, having a full practice. Hopefully he continues this progression."
Head athletic trainer Kevin Morley and head physical therapist Chris Stackpole will monitor Schneider's progress during the Global Series trip.
"Communication and feedback is critical and [Morley and Stackpole] base their decisions off what I tell them," Schneider said. "I've got to be really honest with them in terms of if I felt great or if I didn't feel very good, so trying to hide something or push through at this point isn't really smart or worth it.
"They have me on a strict program of just trying to strengthen every other area in my lower body to help take some of the stress off my hip and groin, and we've been diligent doing the work in the gym, so a lot of it has been off the ice as well."
