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Janne Niinimaa

D · FIN
+ 2 other teams
Status
Retired 17 yrs ago
Career
2004–2009 (5 yrs)
Age
51 (33 in 2009)
Vitals
6'1" · 220 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 LAK 77 6 20 26 0.34 +1 96 1 1 0 121 5.0% 127
2005-06 TBL 83 8 35 43 0.52 +27 85 2 4 0 137 5.8% 191
2006-07 PHX 77 10 27 37 0.48 +3 43 3 5 0 136 7.4% 116
2007-08 PHX 80 2 9 11 0.14 -20 24 0 0 0 65 3.1% 60
2008-09 PHX / TBL 56 2 7 9 0.16 -3 28 0 1 0 16 12.5% 22
CAREER 5 yrs 373 28 98 126 0.34 +8 276 6 11 0 -- 5.9% 516
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2005-06 TBL 7 0 3 3 0.43 -4 22 0 0 0 12 0.0% 14
CAREER 1 app. 7 0 3 3 0.43 -4 22 0 0 0 -- 0.0% 14
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
1996-97 PHL 77 4 40 44 0.57 12 58 2 1 24 2.8% -
1997-98 PHL 66 3 31 34 0.52 6 56 1 2 19 2.6% 21:03
1997-98 EDM 11 1 8 9 0.82 7 6 0 1 5 5.3% 20:53
1998-99 EDM 81 4 24 28 0.35 7 88 1 2 10 2.8% 23:54
1999-00 EDM 81 8 25 33 0.41 14 89 0 2 14 6.0% 24:28
2000-01 EDM 82 12 34 46 0.56 6 90 1 8 23 9.8% 25:20
2001-02 EDM 81 5 39 44 0.54 13 80 2 1 19 4.2% 26:02
2002-03 EDM 63 4 24 28 0.44 -7 66 0 2 14 4.4% 26:48
2002-03 NYI 13 1 5 6 0.46 -2 14 0 1 3 9.1% 23:02
2003-04 NYI 82 9 19 28 0.34 12 64 2 4 12 9.3% 23:15
2005-06 NYI 41 1 9 10 0.24 -7 62 0 0 3 4.3% 20:30
2005-06 DAL 22 2 4 6 0.27 -5 24 1 1 3 7.7% 18:25
2006-07 MTL 41 0 3 3 0.07 -13 36 0 0 0 0.0% 14:51
Career NHL 741 54 265 319 0.43 43 733 10 25 149 5.1% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 29 D LAK - - 78 73 64 79 84 - - 70 56 73 - 70 75 75
2005-06 30 D TBL - - 78 73 64 79 84 - - 70 56 73 - 70 75 75
2006-07 31 D PHX - - 76 76 64 79 80 - - 67 56 71 - 73 75 74
2007-08 32 D PHX - - 76 77 64 69 68 - - 66 44 66 - 75 65 70
2008-09 33 D TBL 65 44 76 76 64 - 68 62 64 66 44 66 - 75 65 -
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 29 D LAK - - 78 73 64 79 84 - - 70 56 73 - 70 75 75
2005-06 30 D TBL - - · · · · · - - · · · - · · ·
2006-07 31 D PHX - - −2 +3 · · −4 - - −3 · −2 - +3 · −1
2007-08 32 D PHX - - · +1 · −10 −12 - - −1 −12 −5 - +2 −10 −4
2008-09 33 D TBL 65 44 · −1 · - · 62 64 · · · - · · -
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2004-05 LAK $2,900,000 2 yr 5.8% 29 UFA
2005-06 TBL $2,407,000 1 yr 4.8% 30 UFA
2006-07 PHX $2,600,000 4 yr 6.7% 31 UFA
2004-05
Aug 17 2004
2004-05
to PENGUINS
to ISLANDERS
Sep 2 2004
2004-05
to CANADIENS
Feb 17 2005
2004-05
to KINGS
2005-06
Jun 15 2005
2005-06
to DUCKS
Jun 29 2005
2005-06
to AVALANCHE
Sep 13 2005
2005-06
to KINGS
to AVALANCHE
Dec 11 2005
2005-06
to LIGHTNING

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