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Thomas Vanek

LW · AUS
+ 4 other teams
Status
Retired 6 yrs ago
Career
2005–2020 (15 yrs)
Age
42 (36 in 2020)
Vitals
6'2" · 214 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Trophy Case

Rocket Richard Rocket Richard
as Top Goal Scorer
2013-14 BUF

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2005-06 BUF 16 1 1 2 0.13 -8 36 0 1 0 27 3.7% 15
2006-07 BUF 82 12 34 46 0.56 -23 66 4 5 0 176 6.8% 90
2007-08 BUF 78 18 36 54 0.69 +13 55 1 5 0 150 12.0% 46
2008-09 BUF 82 32 35 67 0.82 +33 46 4 12 0 246 13.0% 90
2009-10 BUF 82 28 48 76 0.93 +23 36 4 8 0 262 10.7% 74
2010-11 BUF 82 25 44 69 0.84 +23 39 9 7 0 257 9.7% 64
2011-12 BUF 77 32 43 75 0.97 +12 85 4 9 1 266 12.0% 86
2012-13 BUF 82 26 43 69 0.84 +15 34 4 9 1 232 11.2% 120
2013-14 BUF 82 48 45 93 1.13 +32 16 5 10 0 375 12.8% 33
2014-15 BUF 78 34 43 77 0.99 +13 16 7 8 0 291 11.7% 70
2015-16 BUF 82 22 43 65 0.79 +12 30 3 4 0 226 9.7% 82
2016-17 BUF 82 12 12 24 0.29 +17 6 1 3 0 102 11.8% 16
2017-18 CHI 73 13 24 37 0.51 +2 10 3 1 1 163 8.0% 54
2018-19 MIN 82 22 23 45 0.55 +2 10 6 6 0 142 15.5% 39
2019-20 CLB / STL 69 6 7 13 0.19 -14 10 0 1 0 87 6.9% 41
CAREER 15 yrs 1129 331 481 812 0.72 +152 495 55 89 3 -- 11.0% 920
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2007-08 BUF 7 0 2 2 0.29 +2 2 0 0 0 21 0.0% 9
2008-09 BUF 6 3 4 7 1.17 -1 6 0 2 0 14 21.4% 8
2009-10 BUF 14 5 4 9 0.64 -2 0 1 3 0 31 16.1% 12
2010-11 BUF 10 1 4 5 0.50 -4 8 0 0 0 29 3.4% 10
2011-12 BUF 6 3 1 4 0.67 -10 13 0 2 0 20 15.0% 8
2012-13 BUF 7 1 5 6 0.86 0 0 0 1 0 27 3.7% 2
2014-15 BUF 5 1 3 4 0.80 -1 0 0 0 0 10 10.0% 5
2015-16 BUF 6 0 3 3 0.50 +3 0 0 0 0 20 0.0% 10
2016-17 BUF 16 1 2 3 0.19 0 0 0 0 0 16 6.3% 0
2018-19 MIN 11 5 4 9 0.82 +4 2 1 0 0 14 35.7% 11
CAREER 10 app. 88 20 32 52 0.59 -9 31 2 8 0 -- 9.9% 75
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2005-06 BUF 81 25 23 48 0.59 -11 72 4 11 24 12.3% 14:44
2006-07 BUF 82 43 41 84 1.02 47 40 5 15 22 18.1% 16:47
2007-08 BUF 82 36 28 64 0.78 -5 64 9 19 24 15.0% 16:51
2008-09 BUF 73 40 24 64 0.88 -1 44 5 20 26 19.0% 17:12
2009-10 BUF 71 28 25 53 0.75 9 42 6 10 18 15.4% 16:46
2010-11 BUF 80 32 41 73 0.91 2 24 5 11 28 13.4% 17:21
2011-12 BUF 78 26 35 61 0.78 -6 52 5 10 24 12.7% 16:56
2012-13 BUF 38 20 21 41 1.08 -1 20 2 9 14 16.8% 18:24
2013-14 BUF 13 4 5 9 0.69 -5 4 0 1 4 8.0% 18:37
2013-14 NYI 47 17 27 44 0.94 4 36 2 5 12 12.4% 20:00
2013-14 MTL 18 6 9 15 0.83 8 8 2 2 2 9.8% 18:11
2014-15 MIN 80 21 31 52 0.65 -6 37 2 5 17 12.3% 16:13
2015-16 MIN 74 18 23 41 0.55 -10 22 5 6 14 12.3% 15:37
2016-17 DET 48 15 23 38 0.79 2 16 2 5 11 15.2% 14:37
2016-17 FLA 20 2 8 10 0.50 -7 6 0 0 2 5.9% 13:54
2017-18 VAN 61 17 24 41 0.67 -12 28 1 4 14 14.0% 13:58
2017-18 CLB 19 7 8 15 0.79 9 8 0 0 1 14.9% 14:28
2018-19 DET 64 16 20 36 0.56 -12 26 1 4 11 14.8% 14:07
Career NHL 1029 373 416 789 0.77 5 549 56 137 268 14.3% -

History

Overall, season by season

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

OV Forwards, 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
2005-06 21 RW BUF - - 79 71 65 79 84 - - 68 70 66 - 40 44 73
2006-07 22 LW BUF - - 75 70 69 81 86 - - 78 76 67 - 47 48 77
2007-08 23 LW BUF - - 79 70 69 76 88 - - 78 81 71 - 51 48 78
2008-09 24 LW BUF 57 50 73 81 79 - 81 80 60 74 88 61 - 67 70 -
2009-10 25 LW BUF 55 40 77 85 79 - 85 85 40 79 90 62 - 69 72 73
2010-11 26 LW BUF 56 40 77 85 79 - 85 81 40 75 85 62 - 71 74 72
2011-12 27 LW BUF 51 40 72 83 75 90 95 84 60 80 86 66 87 71 71 76
2012-13 28 LW BUF 53 36 68 81 76 77 89 85 32 80 84 59 88 68 73 73
2013-14 29 LW BUF 52 35 72 83 76 77 79 90 33 79 91 59 96 70 76 74
2014-15 30 LW BUF 51 35 72 83 73 83 87 86 38 83 85 59 87 72 76 74
2015-16 31 LW BUF 53 38 74 79 79 72 88 77 35 77 79 55 86 74 77 70
2016-17 32 LW BUF 59 42 90 83 79 64 94 77 35 75 75 58 68 81 85 71
2017-18 33 LW CHI 63 42 89 82 79 67 88 76 36 83 76 50 99 83 87 71
2018-19 34 LW MIN 65 43 86 79 79 67 91 71 33 80 81 52 74 85 89 70
2019-20 35 LW STL 67 43 87 79 78 67 89 77 34 75 76 51 73 85 89 69
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2005-06 21 RW BUF - - 79 71 65 79 84 - - 68 70 66 - 40 44 73
2006-07 22 LW BUF - - −4 −1 +4 +2 +2 - - +10 +6 +1 - +7 +4 +4
2007-08 23 LW BUF - - +4 · · −5 +2 - - · +5 +4 - +4 · +1
2008-09 24 LW BUF 57 50 −6 +11 +10 - −7 80 60 −4 +7 −10 - +16 +22 -
2009-10 25 LW BUF −2 −10 +4 +4 · - +4 +5 −20 +5 +2 +1 - +2 +2 73
2010-11 26 LW BUF +1 · · · · - · −4 · −4 −5 · - +2 +2 −1
2011-12 27 LW BUF −5 · −5 −2 −4 90 +10 +3 +20 +5 +1 +4 87 · −3 +4
2012-13 28 LW BUF +2 −4 −4 −2 +1 −13 −6 +1 −28 · −2 −7 +1 −3 +2 −3
2013-14 29 LW BUF −1 −1 +4 +2 · · −10 +5 +1 −1 +7 · +8 +2 +3 +1
2014-15 30 LW BUF −1 · · · −3 +6 +8 −4 +5 +4 −6 · −9 +2 · ·
2015-16 31 LW BUF +2 +3 +2 −4 +6 −11 +1 −9 −3 −6 −6 −4 −1 +2 +1 −4
2016-17 32 LW BUF +6 +4 +16 +4 · −8 +6 · · −2 −4 +3 −18 +7 +8 +1
2017-18 33 LW CHI +4 · −1 −1 · +3 −6 −1 +1 +8 +1 −8 +31 +2 +2 ·
2018-19 34 LW MIN +2 +1 −3 −3 · · +3 −5 −3 −3 +5 +2 −25 +2 +2 −1
2019-20 35 LW STL +2 · +1 · −1 · −2 +6 +1 −5 −5 −1 −1 · · −1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2005-06 BUF $850,000 3 yr 1.7% 21 ELC Rookie
2006-07 BUF $782,000 2 yr 2.0% 22 ELC Rookie
2008-09 BUF $4,000,000 2 yr 7.1% 24 RFA
2010-11 BUF $5,750,000 5 yr 9.7% 26 RFA
2015-16 BUF $6,750,000 4 yr 9.5% 31 UFA
2019-20 CLB $2,000,000 2 yr 2.5% 35 UFA
2017-18
Aug 4 2017
2017-18
to BLACKHAWKS
  • Thomas Vanek 71
2018-19
Jul 3 2018
2018-19
to FLYERS
  • Thomas Vanek 70
to BLACKHAWKS
Jul 19 2018
2018-19
to WILD

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