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Sami Vatanen

#45

age33

posD

shotr

h5'10"

w185lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$2,000,000$2.00M

Term

1 Year

Expiry Status

UFA 2021 age 30

Profile

Draft Team

Round4

Pick106

Year2009

Agent Mika Rautakallio

Birthdate Jun 3, 1991

Birthplace Jyvaskyla

Nationality Finland

UFA Year 2018

ELC Year 20

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $26,380,000

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	$0 $0K	Champions HL	Genève-Servette HC	9	1	8	9	6
2024-25	$0 $0K	NL	Genève-Servette HC	32	3	15	18	4
2023-24	$0 $0K	Champions HL	Genève-Servette HC	13	3	9	12	4									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2023-24	$0 $0K	NL	Genève-Servette HC	48	9	29	38	10									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2022-23	$0 $0K	NL	Genève-Servette HC	13	1	13	14	6									Playoffs	17	7	6	13	0
2021-22	$0 $0K	WC	Finland	8	2	4	6	2
2021-22	$0 $0K	OG	Finland	6	0	3	3	4
2021-22	$0 $0K	EHT	Finland	7	0	4	4	4
2021-22	$0 $0K	International	Finland (all)	25	2	11	13	10
2021-22	$0 $0K	NL	Genève-Servette HC	38	9	30	39	12									Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0
2020-21	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	Dallas Stars	9	0	0	0	2	121	55.60	58.10	0.30	57.00	2.50	0.99	2.98
2020-21	$2,000,000 $2.00M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	30	2	4	6	18	427	56.20	50.90	-1.30	51.20	-1.90	0.28	0.84
2019-20	$4,875,000 $4.88M	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	7	0	3	3	0
2019-20	$4,875,000 $4.88M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	47	5	18	23	22	725	41.10	46.10	-2.30	47.80	-0.10	0.25	0.74
2018-19	$4,875,000 $4.88M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	50	4	13	17	22	830	43.42	48.31	-3.53	48.59	1.03	0.07	0.80
2017-18	$4,875,000 $4.88M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	57	3	25	28	32	996	49.44	51.95	0.06	48.66	-1.41	0.06	0.78	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2017-18	$4,875,000 $4.88M	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	15	1	3	4	8	225	42.86	37.26	-12.39	42.11	-4.08	0.27	0.53
2016-17	$4,875,000 $4.88M	International	Finland (all)	6	0	1	1	4
2016-17	$4,875,000 $4.88M	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	71	3	21	24	30	1,111	50.67	52.00	-1.14	49.32	-0.81	0.05	0.38	Playoffs	12	1	5	6	0
2016-17	$4,875,000 $4.88M	WCup	Finland	3	0	0	0	2
2015-16	$1,262,500 $1.26M	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	71	9	29	38	20	1,087	49.32	53.35	-0.19	51.00	-3.18	0.28	0.77	Playoffs	7	1	3	4	0
2014-15	$1,262,500 $1.26M	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	67	12	25	37	36	1,037	52.81	56.67	6.20	51.78	0.59	0.23	1.04	Playoffs	16	3	8	11	0
2013-14	$785,000 $785K	International	Finland (all)	6	0	5	5	0
2013-14	$785,000 $785K	OG	Finland	6	0	5	5	0
2013-14	$785,000 $785K	AHL	Norfolk Admirals	8	2	5	7	4									Playoffs	5	0	3	3	0
2013-14	$785,000 $785K	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	48	6	15	21	22	684	61.02	54.43	1.42	54.68	3.07	0.35	1.14	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0
2012-13	$785,000 $785K	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	8	2	0	2	0	102	100.00	46.62	-6.09	50.75	-2.53	0.59	0.59
2012-13	$785,000 $785K	AHL	Norfolk Admirals	62	9	36	45	44
2011-12	$785,000 $785K	EHT	Finland	3	2	1	3	0
2011-12	$785,000 $785K	Liiga	JYP	49	14	28	42	40									Playoffs	4	2	0	2	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	10	0	5	5	4
2010-11	$0 $0K	EHT	Finland	3	0	1	1	2
2010-11	$0 $0K	Mestis	Suomi U20	1	0	0	0	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	WJC-20	Finland U20	6	0	4	4	4
2010-11	$0 $0K	Liiga	JYP	52	11	20	31	30									Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	17	8	10	18	6
2009-10	$0 $0K	Mestis	Suomi U20	1	0	0	0	2
2009-10	$0 $0K	EHT	Finland	3	0	0	0	2
2009-10	$0 $0K	WC	Finland	7	0	0	0	6
2009-10	$0 $0K	WJC-20	Finland U20	6	2	3	5	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	Liiga	JYP	55	7	23	30	44									Playoffs	14	3	4	7	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U18 (all)	22	5	12	17	48
2008-09	$0 $0K	U18 SM-sarja Q	JYP U18	3	1	1	2	14									Playoffs	1	1	1	2	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	Mestis	Suomi U20	2	0	0	0	2
2008-09	$0 $0K	U18 I-divisioona	JYP U18	2	2	3	5	0									Playoffs	1	1	1	2	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Finland U18	6	1	1	2	2
2008-09	$0 $0K	U20 SM-sarja	JYP U20	20	3	7	10	22
2008-09	$0 $0K	Mestis	D Team	5	1	1	2	8
2007-08	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U18 (all)	6	0	3	3	4
2007-08	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U17 (all)	8	2	6	8	10
2007-08	$0 $0K	U18 SM-sarja Q	JYP U18	9	2	4	6	10									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2007-08	$0 $0K	U20 SM-sarja	JYP U20	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2007-08	$0 $0K	WHC-17	Finland U17	5	2	3	5	8
2007-08	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Finland U18	6	0	3	3	4
2007-08	$0 $0K	U18 SM-sarja	JYP U18	26	7	25	32	20									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2006-07	$0 $0K	U18 SM-sarja	JYP U18	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0
2006-07	$0 $0K	U16 SM-sarja	JYP U16	4	5	3	8	16
2006-07	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U16 (all)	7	1	3	4	2
2006-07	$0 $0K	U16 SM-sarja Q	JYP U16	9	7	16	23	30
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Contract History

2020-2021 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$2,000,000$2.00M

cap hit$2,000,000$2.00M

expiry 2021 UFA age 30

Signed On Jan 7 2021

Signing Agent Mika Rautakallio

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.45%

Signing Status UFAage 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$2,000,000$2.00M	UFAage 30
AAV	$2,000,000$2.00M
Base	$2,000,000$2.00M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M
Minors Salary	$2,000,000$2.00M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2016-2020 Standard Contract

term4yrs

value$19,500,000$19.50M

cap hit$4,875,000$4.88M

expiry 2020 UFA age 29

Signed On Jun 18 2016

Signing Agent Mika Rautakallio

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 6.68%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$4,875,000$4.88M	$4,875,000$4.88M	$4,875,000$4.88M	$4,875,000$4.88M	UFAage 29
AAV	$4,875,000$4.88M	$4,875,000$4.88M	$4,875,000$4.88M	$4,875,000$4.88M
Base	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M
Minors Salary	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M
Clauses			M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

* Retained Salary Feb 24, 2020

50% of contract was retained by New Jersey Devils in trade to Carolina Hurricanes

Trade Details

2014-2016 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$2,525,000$2.53M

cap hit$1,262,500$1.26M

expiry 2016 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 22 2014

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.83%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$1,262,500$1.26M	$1,262,500$1.26M	RFAage 25
AAV	$1,262,500$1.26M	$1,262,500$1.26M
Base	$1,250,000$1.25M	$1,275,000$1.28M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,250,000$1.25M	$1,275,000$1.28M
Minors Salary	$1,250,000$1.25M	$1,275,000$1.28M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2011-2014 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$3,975,000$3.98M

cap hit$1,325,000$1.33M

expiry 2014 RFA age 23

Signed On May 31 2011

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.22%

Signing Status age 20

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014
Cap Hit	$785,000$785K	$785,000$785K	$785,000$785K	RFAage 23
AAV	$1,325,000$1.33M	$1,325,000$1.33M	$1,325,000$1.33M
Base	$525,000$525K	$750,000$750K	$810,000$810K
Performance Bonuses	$285,000$285K	$910,000$910K	$425,000$425K
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$615,000$615K	$840,000$840K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

Sami Vatanen Updates

Sep 27 2021

Vatanen agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Swiss club Geneve-Servette on Monday.

Apr 24 2021

Vatanen (upper body) had two shots and one block in Saturday's 2-1 overtime win over the Detroit Red Wings.

Apr 24 2021

Vatanen (upper body) will be available for Saturday's game versus the Detroit Red Wings, Matthew DeFranks of The Dallas Morning News reports.

Apr 22 2021

Vatanen (upper body) won't suit up in Thursday's game against the Detroit Red Wings, Matthew DeFranks of The Dallas Morning News reports.

Apr 12 2021

The Stars claimed Vatanen off waivers from the New Jersey Devils on Monday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

Apr 11 2021

Vatanen recorded an assist in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Apr 11 2021

Vatanen was placed on waivers by the New Jersey Devils on Sunday, Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic reports.

Mar 31 2021

Vatanen had one shot, one block and a plus-3 rating in Tuesday's 5-4 shootout loss to Boston.

Mar 5 2021

Vatanen had an assist and a minus-2 rating in Thursday's 6-1 loss to the New York Rangers.

Feb 18 2021

Vatanen is expected to make his season debut Thursday against the Boston Bruins, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.

Feb 17 2021

Vatanen (not injury related) will be added to the New Jersey Devils' active roster and could make his season debut Thursday against the Boston Bruins, Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils' official site reports.

Feb 16 2021

Vatanen (not injury related) won't play in Tuesday's game versus the New York Rangers, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.

Feb 15 2021

Vatanen (COVID-19 protocols) was on the ice for Monday's practice, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.

Feb 14 2021

Vatanen cleared the NHL's COVID-19 protocol Sunday, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.

Feb 8 2021

Vatanen was added to the NHL's COVID-19 list Monday, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.

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