Sami Vatanen has signed a new contract with the New Jersey Devils.

Good signing, could be used at the TDL for assets.

I thought he'd get more and go to a contender.

Fitzy pulls another Vatanen related win, God bless this man.

Good deal he'll help that defense

Excellent deal for the Devils.

So he gets traded to Carolina, plays 7 games there, and now he’s back in New Jersey almost 11 months after he was traded.

Great signing for the Devils.

New Jersey could probably offer more money, in addition to being a place he knows well, so that probably influenced his decision.

And I do think that Boston should have definitely offered more than this, but they’ve made a lot of questionable decisions this off-season.

Surprisingly low contract

Sami was on pace for a career season before he got hurt last year. Hopefully he can return to form.

guess whose back

retain at deadline and again get value for him smart

To be traded at the deadline again, making his return for the devils even greater. Incredible.

The question is who gets him at the TDL - assuming inquires etc, 2 mil is very easy to fit in

they will retain half and easily get a 2nd or 3rd for him especially if he can stay healthy and play well

he clearly signed the best deal on the table, which means NJ over paid.

Hi troll. You clearly haven't seen that he's been the most consistent and reliable Devils D-men for the past several years. He hustles and probably has lead the D-men in TOI. No, he won't put up mad points, but he plays a shutdown role.
That's easily worth more than $4.5M/year for a 29yo D-man in his prime in any other year. Hence he took the 1 year deal to to stay where he's comfortable and knows he can prove his worth on 7/1/21.

His offense is actually pretty good, ranking him at a borderline top pairing defenseman offesnively by per game (http://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20172018&seasonTo=20192020&gameType=2&position=D&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,40&sort=pointsPerGame&page=0&pageSize=100) shockingly enough

Over the last 3 years he has 0.43 PPG tied with Morrissey and a hair behind Keith and Provorov (0.44) and Shattenkirk (0.45) and a hair better than Goligoski and Slavin (0.42).

This is an insane bargain. It truly makes no sense. He is a good, but not great 2nd pairing defenseman who can play both sides and is in his prime. How did he get a 1 year 2 mil contract?

hi troll, everyone on here is saying what we already know. He'll be moved at TDL again. Which means the only reason he took the deal was money. So that tells you what other people were paying, less than this.

Good think the Capitals signed Schultz ..... .

Exactly the type of low risk signing any team with cap space should make. Best case he's helping the Devils challenge for a playoff spot, likely case he gets them a 2nd or 3rd rounder at the TDL. No-brainer.

Are the playoffs this year purely Divisional until the Final 4 or is it 1-8 and is it North East Conference and Central West Conference >?

who will trade him for another 3rd or even 2nd at the deadline to another contending team. Genius

retaining half will make him only cost a mill which should gain a lot of attention even in flat cap era.

This signing signifies that Ty Smith is not ready to be an every day NHL’er yet. A little disappointing considering he was the last D cut in ‘18-‘19 as an 18 y. o.

And with the proration of salaries over the season, his cap hit would essentially be $250K.

Edit: Accidentally double quoted.