The Vancouver Canucks signed winger Mikael Samuelsson to a three-year deal for $7.5 M… Average $2.5 per year
Samuelsson, 32, recorded 40 points in 81 games last season. In 466 career NHL games, he has 208 points and 244 penalty minutes.
The 6′1″, 205-pound right winger was drafted by San Jose 145th overall in the 1998 Draft.
Birthplace: Nesbitt, Manitoba
Height: 6′1
Weight: 222 lbs.
Shoots: Left
Salary: $550K 1 year deal
NHL Seasons: 3
Drafted by Los Angeles in 2002 (4/104)
Assets – Has excellent size and toughness. Plays a big role and can also put up points at the American Hockey League level.
Flaws – Doesn’t have enough game to log regular ice time at the highest level. Needs to avoid taking bad penalties.
Career Potential. – Reserve defenseman.
After being drafted together in 1999, and playing their entire careers on the same club, the Sedin brothers Daniel and Henrik will continue that trend now in Vancouver.
The brothers have signed a pair of five-year contacts, averaging $6.1 million a season.
Playing side by side for the Canucks, the duo has amassed 288 goals, 634 assists, and 922 points in 1,288 games combined, but were unable to lead Vancouver into the Stanley Cup Final.
The 2008-2009 season was arguably their best year yet, with Daniel leading the Canucks in goal scoring with 31, the second highest output of his career, while Henrik had a career-high 22 goals, as both finished with 82 points on the season.
Daniel and Henrik entered the league as the second and third overall selections by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
Sung to the Tune of The Hokey Pokey….
You put your transfer in, your transfer out, in out in out and you frak your club about, you do the Dany Heatley and you change your mind, that’s what its all about!!! Ohhh Heater’s a wanker, oh Heater’s a wanker, oh Heater is a wanker, Knees bent, arms stretched DIVE DIVE DIVE!
TSN.ca/nhl is reporting that Mike Gillis is returning from Sweden after meeting the Twins and their agent face to face. It is believed that the Canucks GM has provided a counter offer (maybe the final one) to the Sedins and they are thinking it over. No details are emerging at this time.
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