Valtteri Filppula

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: March 20, 1984 in Vantaa, Finland
Draft: Detroit, 3rd round (95th overall), 2002 NHL Entry
Contract: 5 years/$15,000,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $3,000,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2005-06	21	DET	NHL	4	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	29	7:19
2006-07	22	DET	NHL	73	10	7	17	7	8	20	10	0	0	1	7	0	0	76	13.2	822	11:16
2007-08	23	DET	NHL	78	19	17	36	15	16	28	16	3	0	3	12	0	5	122	15.6	1323	16:58
2008-09	24	DET	NHL	80	12	28	40	14	9	42	11	1	0	1	25	0	3	129	9.3	1288	16:06
2009-10	25	DET	NHL	55	11	24	35	12	-4	24	9	1	1	1	16	1	7	114	9.6	1003	18:14
2010-11	26	DET	NHL	71	16	23	39	15	-1	22	12	4	0	5	19	0	4	115	13.9	1187	16:43
2011-12	27	DET	NHL	81	23	43	66	24	18	14	19	3	1	1	35	0	8	144	16.0	1479	18:16
2012-13	28	DET	NHL	41	9	8	17	7	-4	6	6	3	0	0	8	0	0	78	11.5	729	17:47
Career			NHL	483	100	151	251	93	43	158	83	15	2	12	123	1	27	779	12.8	7860	16:16

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
2005-06	21	DET	NHL	4	0.00	0.25	0.25	0.07	0.50	0.25	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.1	0.1
2006-07	22	DET	NHL	73	0.14	0.10	0.23	0.10	0.27	1.04	10	7	17	7	30	2	24	4	8	0.4	1.2	1.6
2007-08	23	DET	NHL	78	0.24	0.22	0.46	0.19	0.36	1.56	21	18	39	16	57	11	39	9	16	2.1	2.2	4.3
2008-09	24	DET	NHL	80	0.15	0.35	0.50	0.17	0.53	1.61	13	28	41	15	57	8	54	14	9	1.7	1.4	3.1
2009-10	25	DET	NHL	55	0.20	0.44	0.64	0.22	0.44	2.07	12	25	37	13	44	11	45	8	-4	2.1	1.1	3.2
2010-11	26	DET	NHL	71	0.23	0.32	0.55	0.21	0.31	1.62	18	25	43	17	60	16	52	7	-1	2.6	1.1	3.6
2011-12	27	DET	NHL	81	0.28	0.53	0.81	0.29	0.17	1.78	26	47	73	27	89	17	65	11	18	5.7	2.2	7.9
2012-13	28	DET	NHL	41	0.22	0.20	0.41	0.17	0.15	1.90									-4	0.8	0.7	1.6
Career			NHL	483	0.21	0.31	0.52	0.19	0.33	1.61	100	151	251	96	339	65	280	53	43	15.5	10.0	25.4

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 8 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Valtteri Filppula		7.9	4.3	3.6	3.2	3.1	1.6	1.6	0.1
Radim Vrbata	91.9	7.0	4.4	3.8	3.3	3.1	2.1	0.4
Mike Krushelnyski	91.9	8.0	5.0	3.5	3.3	3.1	2.1	0.2
Carl Liscombe	90.8	6.4	3.6	2.6	2.3	2.2	2.1	0.4
Keith Acton	90.2	7.3	3.9	3.5	3.4	2.9	2.4	0.0
Clint Smith	89.5	5.4	4.6	2.7	2.5	2.4	1.2	0.2
Stu Barnes	89.2	8.3	4.3	3.3	3.2	3.0	1.4	0.9
Shayne Corson	88.9	6.9	4.4	4.1	3.5	2.6	1.6	-0.2
Rick Hampton	88.9	8.0	5.4	3.7	3.5	2.9	0.2
Dirk Graham	87.8	6.3	3.9	3.7	3.4	3.0	1.2	0.1
Red Beattie	86.6	5.3	3.6	2.8	2.7	2.3	1.6	0.0

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Valtteri Filppula		7.9	4.3	3.6	3.2	3.1	1.6	1.6	0.1
Rick Hampton	88.9	8.0	5.4	3.7	3.5	2.9	0.2
Jim McFadden	86.6	5.8	5.7	3.2	3.2	2.8	1.7	0.3
Jan Hlavac	86.0	6.9	4.8	3.5	3.0	2.0	1.2
Bill Touhey	84.0	4.2	3.4	2.5	2.3	1.2	1.0	-0.3
Wojtek Wolski	83.9	7.6	5.2	5.2	3.5	3.2	0.9	0.8	0.4
Danny Lewicki	83.9	6.5	4.4	3.8	3.2	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.0
Paul Haynes	83.5	5.8	3.6	2.7	2.7	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4
Red Beattie	83.5	5.3	3.6	2.8	2.7	2.3	1.6	0.2	0.0	-0.7
Devin Setoguchi	83.3	8.4	4.8	4.0	3.7	3.6	2.4
Stephan Lebeau	82.9	7.0	5.4	4.3	2.6	2.1	2.0	0.1

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