Valtteri Filppula
Position: C/W Shoots: Left
DOB: Mar. 20, 1984 Born: Vantaa, Fin
Height: 6′ Weight: 195
Selected by: Detroit Red Wings Round: 8 Overall: 95 Year: 1998 NHL Entry Draft –
Valtteri Filppula played this past season for the Detroit Red Wings.
Filppula would fall into the category as a top 6 forward with a decent skill-set. He has decent size , works hard, has a good compete level while being versatile playing wing or center.
Valteri Filppula has played under a good coach in Mike Babcock. He comes from a good system and that’s always something to consider.
Filppula is coming off a 5 year 15 million dollar contract and will be looking for a pay bump.
The problem I see right away with Valtteri Filppula is he is going to want to get paid for his 66 point season 2 years ago but his overall body of work doesn’t justify it.
This is why I don’t like July UFA season. Good but not great players get over paid because teams and their fan base feel pressure to participate.
YEAR | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ||||||||||
2005-06 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||||
2006-07 | 73 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 20 | – | – | – | – | ||||||
2007-08 | 78 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 16 | 28 | – | – | – | – | ||||||
2008-09 | 80 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 9 | 42 | ||||||||||
2009-10 | 55 | 11 | 24 | 35 | -4 | 24 | ||||||||||
2010-11 | 71 | 16 | 23 | 39 | -1 | 22 | ||||||||||
2011-12 | 81 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 18 | 14 | ||||||||||
2012-13 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 6 |
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