Sami Vatanen

Age 31 Jun 3, 1991

Jyvaskyla FIN

Defense shoots right

5'10" 178 cm

185 lbs 84 kg

ELC Signing Age 19

Waivers Signing Age 20

UFA Year 2018

Agent Mika Rautakallio

Draft Year 2009
Drafted Overall 106
Draft Round 4
Draft Team

No contract for upcoming season.
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Career Earnings: $26,380,000

Transaction History

Sep 27, 2021	Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Swiss club Geneve-Servette on Monday.
Apr 24, 2021	Dallas Stars \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen (upper body) had two shots and one block in Saturday's 2-1 overtime win over the Detroit Red Wings.
Apr 24, 2021	Dallas Stars \| Sami Vatanen \| 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	Dallas Stars \| Sami Vatanen \| 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	Dallas Stars \| Sami Vatanen \| The Stars claimed Vatanen off waivers from the New Jersey Devils on Monday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.
Apr 11, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen recorded an assist in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Apr 11, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen was placed on waivers by the New Jersey Devils on Sunday, Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic reports.
Mar 31, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen had one shot, one block and a plus-3 rating in Tuesday's 5-4 shootout loss to Boston.
Mar 5, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen had an assist and a minus-2 rating in Thursday's 6-1 loss to the New York Rangers.
Feb 18, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen is expected to make his season debut Thursday against the Boston Bruins, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.
Feb 17, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| 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	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| 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	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen (COVID-19 protocols) was on the ice for Monday's practice, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.
Feb 14, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen cleared the NHL's COVID-19 protocol Sunday, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.
Feb 8, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen was added to the NHL's COVID-19 list Monday, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.
Feb 7, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen was removed from the NHL's COVID-19 protocol list Sunday, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.
Jan 21, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen (immigration) has yet to join the team, though coach Lindy Ruff expects an update soon, Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils' official site reports.
Jan 14, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen will start the season on injured reserve due to visa issues, per TSN.
Jan 7, 2021	New Jersey Devils \| Sami Vatanen \| Vatanen signed a one-year, $2 million contract with the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.
Jul 1, 2020	Carolina Hurricanes \| Activated D Sami Vatanen from injured reserve.
Feb 24, 2020	TRADE ANALYSIS The Carolina Hurricanes acquired Sami Vatanen from the New Jersey Devils for Janne Kuokkanen, Fredrik Claesson and 2020 conditional third round pick (0) Leave a Comment
Nov 19, 2019	New Jersey Devils \| Activated D Sami Vatanen from injured reserve.
Feb 27, 2019	New Jersey Devils \| Activated D Sami Vatanen from injured reserve.
Nov 25, 2018	New Jersey Devils \| Activated D Sami Vatanen from injured reserve.
Nov 17, 2018	New Jersey Devils \| Placed D Sami Vatanen on IR.
Nov 30, 2017	Anaheim Ducks \| Acquired C Adam Henrique, C Joseph Blandisi and a 2018 third-round draft pick from the New Jersey Devils for D Sami Vatanen and a conditional 2019 or 2020 third-round draft pick.
Oct 4, 2017	Anaheim Ducks \| Placed D Sami Vatanen on IR.
Jun 18, 2016	Anaheim Ducks \| Signed D Sami Vatanen to a four-year, $19.5 million contract extension.
Jan 15, 2015	NHL fined D Sami Vatanen $3,393.82 for elbowing.
Jul 22, 2014	Anaheim Ducks \| Signed D Sami Vatanen to a two-year, $2.525 million contract.
May 8, 2014	Anaheim Ducks \| Recalled D Sami Vatanen from Norfolk (AHL).
Mar 23, 2014	Anaheim Ducks \| Recalled D Sami Vatanen from Norfolk (AHL).
Feb 25, 2014	Anaheim Ducks \| Assigned D Sami Vatanen to Norfolk (AHL).
Feb 3, 2014	Anaheim Ducks \| Recalled D Sami Vatanen from Norfolk (AHL).
Jan 21, 2014	Anaheim Ducks \| Re-assigned D Sami Vatanen to Norfolk (AHL).
Nov 22, 2013	Anaheim Ducks \| Recalled D Sami Vatanen from Norfolk (AHL).
Nov 14, 2013	Anaheim Ducks \| Re-assigned D Sami Vatanen to Norfolk (AHL).
Apr 16, 2013	Anaheim Ducks \| Recalled D Sami Vatanen from Norfolk (AHL).
Feb 10, 2013	Anaheim Ducks \| Assigned D Sami Vatanen to Norfolk (AHL).
Jan 27, 2013	Anaheim Ducks \| Recalled D Sami Vatanen from Norfolk (AHL).
Jan 25, 2013	Anaheim Ducks \| Assigned D Sami Vatanen to Norfolk (AHL).
Sep 15, 2012	Anaheim Ducks \| Assigned D Sami Vatanen to Norfolk (AHL).
May 31, 2011	Anaheim Ducks \| (Sami Vatanen) Signed to a three-year contract.

Current Stats
Career Stats

Regular Season Stats

Sami Vatanen	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2006-2007	JYP U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	9	7	16	23	30
	2006-2007	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	7	1	3	4	2
	2006-2007	JYP U16	U16 SM-sarja	4	5	3	8	16
	2007-2008	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja	26	7	25	32	20									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
	2007-2008	Finland U18	WJC-18	6	0	3	3	4
	2007-2008	Finland U17	WHC-17	5	2	3	5	8
	2007-2008	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	9	2	4	6	10									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
	2007-2008	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	8	2	6	8	10
	2007-2008	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	6	0	3	3	4
Draft Yr	2008-2009	D Team	Mestis	5	1	1	2	8
Draft Yr	2008-2009	JYP U20	U20 SM-sarja	20	3	7	10	22
Draft Yr	2008-2009	Finland U18	WJC-18	6	1	1	2	2
Draft Yr	2008-2009	JYP U18	U18 I-divisioona	2	2	3	5	0									Playoffs	1	1	1	2	0
Draft Yr	2008-2009	Suomi U20	Mestis	2	0	0	0	2
Draft Yr	2008-2009	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	3	1	1	2	14									Playoffs	1	1	1	2	0
Draft Yr	2008-2009	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	22	5	12	17	48
	2009-2010	JYP	Liiga	55	7	23	30	44									Playoffs	14	3	4	7	0
	2009-2010	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	2	3	5	0
	2009-2010	Finland	WC	7	0	0	0	6
	2009-2010	Finland	EHT	3	0	0	0	2
	2009-2010	Suomi U20	Mestis	1	0	0	0	2
	2009-2010	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	17	8	10	18	6
	2010-2011	JYP	Liiga	52	11	20	31	30									Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0
	2010-2011	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	0	4	4	4
	2010-2011	Suomi U20	Mestis	1	0	0	0	0
	2010-2011	Finland	EHT	3	0	1	1	2
	2010-2011	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	10	0	5	5	4
	2011-2012	JYP	Liiga	49	14	28	42	40									Playoffs	4	2	0	2	0
	2011-2012	Finland	EHT	3	2	1	3	0
	2012-2013	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	62	9	36	45	44
	2012-2013	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	8	2	0	2	0	102	100.00	46.62	-6.09	50.75	-2.53	0.59	0.59
	2013-2014	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	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
	2013-2014	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	8	2	5	7	4									Playoffs	5	0	3	3	0
	2013-2014	Finland	OG	6	0	5	5	0
	2013-2014	Finland (all)	International	6	0	5	5	0
	2014-2015	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	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
	2015-2016	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	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
	2016-2017	Finland	WCup	3	0	0	0	2
	2016-2017	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	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
	2016-2017	Finland (all)	International	6	0	1	1	4
	2017-2018	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	15	1	3	4	8	225	42.86	37.26	-12.39	42.11	-4.08	0.27	0.53
	2017-2018	New Jersey Devils	NHL	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
	2018-2019	New Jersey Devils	NHL	50	4	13	17	22	830	43.42	48.31	-3.53	48.59	1.03	0.07	0.80
	2019-2020	New Jersey Devils	NHL	47	5	18	23	22	725	41.10	46.10	-2.30	47.80	-0.10	0.25	0.74
	2020-2021	New Jersey Devils	NHL	30	2	4	6	18	427	56.20	50.90	-1.30	51.20	-1.90	0.28	0.84
	2020-2021	Dallas Stars	NHL	9	0	0	0	2	121	55.60	58.10	0.30	57.00	2.50	0.99	2.98
	2021-2022	Genève-Servette	NL	38	9	30	39	12									Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0
	2021-2022	Finland (all)	International	25	2	11	13	10
	2021-2022	Finland	EHT	7	0	4	4	4
	2021-2022	Finland	OG	6	0	3	3	4
	2021-2022	Finland	WC	8	2	4	6	2
	2022-2023	Genève-Servette	NL	13	1	13	14	6									Playoffs	17	7	6	13	0
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date January 7, 2021
Signing Status UFA
Agent Mika Rautakallio

Standard Contract | 1 Years $2,000,000 2.45% of cap space

	2020-2021
Cap Hit	$2,000,000	UFA
AAV	$2,000,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$2,000,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$2,000,000
Minors Salary	$2,000,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date June 18, 2016
Signing Status RFA
Agent Mika Rautakallio

Standard Contract | 4 Years $19,500,000 6.68% of cap space

	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020
Cap Hit	$4,875,000	$4,875,000	$4,875,000	$4,875,000	UFA
AAV	$4,875,000	$4,875,000	$4,875,000	$4,875,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$4,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$4,500,000
Minors Salary	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$4,500,000
Clauses			M-NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year
* Retained 50% of contract was retained by New Jersey Devils in trade to Carolina Hurricanes

Signing Team

Signing Date July 22, 2014
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 2 Years $2,525,000 1.83% of cap space

	2014-2015	2015-2016
Cap Hit	$1,262,500	$1,262,500	RFA
AAV	$1,262,500	$1,262,500
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$1,250,000	$1,275,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$1,250,000	$1,275,000
Minors Salary	$1,250,000	$1,275,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date May 31, 2011

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $3,975,000 1.22% of cap space

	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014
Cap Hit	$785,000	$785,000	$785,000	RFA
AAV	$1,325,000	$1,325,000	$1,325,000
Performance Bonuses	$285,000	$910,000	$425,000
Base Salary	$525,000	$750,000	$810,000
Signing Bonuses	$90,000	$90,000	$90,000
Total Salary	$615,000	$840,000	$900,000
Minors Salary	$67,500	$67,500	$67,500
Clauses
UFA Year