Mike Brehm @ByMikeBrehm 1h Ducks' Sami Vatanen: 2 years, $2.525M: $1.25M and $1.275M
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=726828
The Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday re-signed defenseman Sami Vatanen to a two-year contract.
No financial terms were disclosed, but Lisa Dillman of the Los Angeles Times reports the deal will pay Vatanen $1,250,000 in 2014-15 and $1,275,000 in '15-16.
Vatanen, 23, had six goals, 21 points, 22 penalty minutes and was plus-9 in 48 games with the Ducks last season. He was tied for fifth in goals among rookie defensemen and was sixth in plus/minus rating. Vatanen also had one assist in five Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Vatanen, Anaheim's fourth-round pick (No. 106) in the 2009 NHL Draft, has eight goals, 23 points, 22 penalty minutes and a plus-12 rating in 56 games.
The native of Jyvaskyla, Finland, also earned a bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, when he led all defensemen and ranked second among all players in assists with five.
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25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
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Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
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Mike Brehm @ByMikeBrehm 1h Ducks' Sami Vatanen: 2 years, $2.525M: $1.25M and $1.275M
Getting a Top-4, offensive defenceman for less than 1.3M per year for two years is pretty sweet.
18 Team Full Keeper. Total points.
Start 10 F, 3 D, 1 UTIL, 1 G
3 Points: SHO, 2 Points: G, PPA, SHG, SHA, W, 1 Point: A, PPG, GWG, .25 Points: BLK, .1 Points: FOW, SOG, SV, .15 Points: HIT, -.05 Points: FOL, -.15 Points: GA
Forwards: Backstrom, Barre-Boulet, Beauvillier, Caufield, Dickinson, Donato, Donskoi, Gourde, Greenway, Horvat, Kase, Keller, Kuznetsov, MacKinnon, Marchessault, J. T. Miller, Sikura, Tarasenko, Zegras
Defense: Barrie, Brannstrom, Cholowski, Honka, Matheson, Pulock, Shattenkirk
Goal: Dubnyk, Jarry, Markstrom, Merzlikins
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I'll buy that from the hockey dollar-menu.
18 Team Full Keeper. Total points.
Start 10 F, 3 D, 1 UTIL, 1 G
3 Points: SHO, 2 Points: G, PPA, SHG, SHA, W, 1 Point: A, PPG, GWG, .25 Points: BLK, .1 Points: FOW, SOG, SV, .15 Points: HIT, -.05 Points: FOL, -.15 Points: GA
Forwards: Backstrom, Barre-Boulet, Beauvillier, Caufield, Dickinson, Donato, Donskoi, Gourde, Greenway, Horvat, Kase, Keller, Kuznetsov, MacKinnon, Marchessault, J. T. Miller, Sikura, Tarasenko, Zegras
Defense: Barrie, Brannstrom, Cholowski, Honka, Matheson, Pulock, Shattenkirk
Goal: Dubnyk, Jarry, Markstrom, Merzlikins
2014-15, 2016-17 MHL Champions!
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3C, 3LW, 3RW, 6D, 2G, 7Bn (IR)
G, A, +/-, PPP, SHP, SOG, FW, HIT, BLK // W, Sv, GAA, Sv%, SHO
C: Bergeron, Barkov, Aho, Point, Kadri
LW: Marchand, Landeskog, Hertl, Marchessault
RW: Stamkos, Tarasenko, Laine, Palmieri
D: Carlson, Letang, Dumba, Weber, Pietrangelo, Ristolainen, Byfuglien*
G: Bobrovsky, Holtby, Lehner, Greiss-Varlamov
Farm: Turcotte, Cozens, Denisenko, Newhook // Sandin, Jokiharju, Dobson, K'Andre // Shesterkin
point projections for next year?
Fowler, Vatanen, Lindholm...gotta split the points somehow
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I agree...can't get too excited by the playoffs. Look what Voynov did in the playoffs two years ago, and then last season was a write-off in terms of his development
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1 pt/G or A, 2 pts/W, 1 pt/OTL, 1 pt/SO
Forward: B. Point, M. Necas, A. Debrincat, T. Zegras, J. Bratt, L. Raymond
Defense: J. Morrissey, A. DeAngelo, S. Gostisbehere, D. Doughty
Goalie: T. Demko, E. Merzlikins
Bench: M. Rossi, C. Glass, M. Maccelli, M. Dumba, K. Shattenkirk, F. Andersen
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Only one to sniff 40 si Fowler. Vatanen 31, with 9-12 goals. Lindholm 27 (back to a defensive role, more offensive minutes for Vatanen. That's my shot in the dark.
Cheap deal!
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Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
Ducks have 9 d-men signed for next year. Not sure Vatanen will have a full-time spot. Fowler, Lindholm, Beauchemin, Lovejoy, Allen, Stoner, Fistric, Souray are in the picture as well. A trade is probably going to happen but I would not bank on Vatanen to play all 82 games.
I can't promise I'll try but I'll try to try.
What a bargain for the Ducks. Vatanen could emerge into the most potent, offensive weapon on their blue line by January.
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Forwards: G=2, A=1, PP/SH= +1, GWG= +2, Shootout G=1, HT= +1
D-Men/Captain: G=3/A=2
Goalies: W=3, OTL=1, SO= +2, SV= .10
Start = 13F, 6D, 2G / Keep 44 (3G)
Captain: Matthews
(F): MacKinnon, Pasta, Marner, Rantanen, Malkin, Barkov, M.Tkachuk, W.Nylander, Pettersson, Gaudreau, Laine, Keller, Miller, B.Tkachuk, Stutzle, DeBrincat, L.Raymond, K.Johnson, Cozens, Quinn, Guenther, Kulich, Cooley
(D): Makar, Dahlin, Q.Hughes, Ekblad, Rielly, Werenski, Letang, Jones, Chychrun, Seider, Edvinsson, Jiricek, Korchinski, Mintyukov, Ceulemans, Hutson
(G): Shesterkin, Demko, Vejmelka
Great deal for the Ducks. He might not be top 4, but I can see him making the team with PP2 to start with.
Call me pessimistic, but the realist in me tells me Souray may have well played his last NHL game already. Even if not, he will not be a roadblock on that blueline...
Lindholm and Fowler look like the only PP threats. I could see Vatanen playing PP2 as MarmotKing said, as the Ducks could go with 4 forwards and Fowler.. But Vatanen has offensive smarts to create opportunities and has a bullet for a shot. Last season, he just looked like he needed a bit more confidence..
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
Locking up a guy with his skill for that kind of money is a steal for the Ducks. Future PP QB for somebody, just maybe not this year.