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Tuomo Ruutu

#15 · Left wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Feb 16, 1983 in Vantaa, FIN · 6'0", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 9th overall in 2001 by CHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Valtteri Filppula DET · 35 P in 55 GP Mikhail Grabovski TOR · 35 P in 59 GP Blake Comeau NYI · 35 P in 61 GP Josh Bailey NYI · 35 P in 73 GP James van Riemsdyk PHI · 35 P in 78 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

020402003-04: 44 points4403-042005-06: 5 points505-062006-07: 38 points3806-072007-08: 32 points3207-082008-09: 54 points5408-092009-10: 35 points3509-102010-11: 57 points5710-112011-12: 34 points3411-122012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 24 points2413-142014-15: 13 points1314-152015-16: 1 points115-16

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 CHI 82 23 21 44 -31 58 174 131 0.54
2005-06 CHI 15 2 3 5 -7 31 30 34 0.33
2006-07 CHI 71 17 21 38 4 95 115 156 0.54 $1.875M
2007-08 CHI 60 6 15 21 3 75 71 133 0.35 $1.875M
2007-08 CAR 17 4 7 11 1 16 29 38 0.65
2008-09 CAR 79 26 28 54 0 79 190 228 0.68 $2.25M
2009-10 CAR 54 14 21 35 -4 50 122 156 0.65 $3.8M
2010-11 CAR 82 19 38 57 1 54 148 309 0.70 $3.8M
2011-12 CAR 72 18 16 34 -3 50 156 151 0.47 $3.8M
2012-13 CAR 17 4 5 9 -6 8 30 51 0.53 $4.75M
2013-14 CAR 57 5 11 16 -19 34 79 168 0.28 $4.75M
2013-14 NJD 19 3 5 8 1 10 26 48 0.42
2014-15 NJD 77 7 6 13 -3 28 74 174 0.17 $4.75M
2015-16 NJD 33 0 1 1 -7 8 34 63 0.03 $4.75M
12 seasons Career 735 148 198 346 -70 596 1278 1840 0.47

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CAR 16 1 3 4 -3 8 17 54 0.25
1 season Playoffs 16 1 3 4 -3 8 17 54 0.25

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
54 14 21 35 -4 50 122 156 0.65 11.5 16:23

Contract

$3.8MCap hitends in 2012, then UFA
$109KCap dollars per point35 points in 54 games

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2011-12, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2009-10 $3.8M
2010-11 $3.8M
2011-12 $3.8M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2015-16 $4.75M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $4.75M
2009-10 to 2011-12 $3.8M
2008-09 to 2008-09 $2.25M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $1.875M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2009-10 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 23, 2010 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:16
Mar 21, 2010 vs BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 15:47
Mar 20, 2010 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:47
Mar 18, 2010 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 15:58
Mar 16, 2010 vs BOS L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 5 2 15:36
Mar 13, 2010 vs PHX L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:07
Mar 11, 2010 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17:39
Mar 10, 2010 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 1 6 15:49
Mar 7, 2010 @ ATL W 4-0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 15:30
Mar 6, 2010 @ FLA L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 2 2 5 17:27
Mar 4, 2010 vs OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 8 15:37
Mar 2, 2010 @ TOR W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 3 13:24
Feb 13, 2010 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:20
Feb 11, 2010 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 15:27
Feb 9, 2010 vs FLA W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:06
Jan 8, 2010 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:48
Jan 7, 2010 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 16:09
Jan 2, 2010 @ NYR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:27
Dec 31, 2009 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:00
Dec 28, 2009 @ WSH W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 18:04
Dec 26, 2009 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 20:46
Dec 23, 2009 vs MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 7 3 17:16
Dec 21, 2009 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 6 20:43
Dec 19, 2009 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 17:35
Dec 18, 2009 @ FLA L 3-6 0 1 1 -3 0 3 5 19:52
Dec 16, 2009 vs DAL W 5-3 3 0 3 2 0 4 2 20:19
Dec 12, 2009 @ OTT L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 19:05
Dec 11, 2009 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:14
Dec 9, 2009 @ NJD L 2-4 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 16:49
Dec 7, 2009 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 15:24
Dec 5, 2009 vs VAN W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 15:46
Nov 30, 2009 vs WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 18:56
Nov 28, 2009 @ BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:48
Nov 27, 2009 vs ATL L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 16:41
Nov 23, 2009 @ DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:44
Nov 21, 2009 vs TBL W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 16:47
Nov 19, 2009 vs TOR W 6-5 (SO) 0 4 4 3 0 4 7 22:58
Nov 17, 2009 @ MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19:01
Nov 15, 2009 vs MIN W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 21:35
Nov 13, 2009 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 6 9 18:14
Nov 11, 2009 vs LAK L 2-5 2 0 2 2 0 2 4 15:59
Nov 7, 2009 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:09
Nov 6, 2009 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:56
Nov 4, 2009 @ FLA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:39
Nov 1, 2009 vs SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:48
Oct 23, 2009 @ COL L 4-5 1 1 2 0 15 4 1 07:57
Oct 21, 2009 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:23
Oct 17, 2009 @ NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 17:26
Oct 14, 2009 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 2 2 2 2 3 4 17:12
Oct 10, 2009 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 17:45
Oct 9, 2009 vs FLA W 7-2 1 1 2 2 0 5 3 14:20
Oct 6, 2009 vs TBL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 15:20
Oct 3, 2009 @ BOS L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 15:46
Oct 2, 2009 vs PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 15:23