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Thomas Vanek

#26 · Left wing · Detroit Red Wings

Born Jan 19, 1984 in Vienna, AUT · 6'2", 214 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 5th overall in 2003 by BUF (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2007-08. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brad Boyes STL · 65 P in 82 GP Paul Kariya STL · 65 P in 82 GP Zach Parise NJD · 65 P in 81 GP Petr Sykora PIT · 63 P in 81 GP Pierre-Marc Bouchard MIN · 63 P in 81 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.

0204060802005-06: 48 points4805-062006-07: 84 points8406-072007-08: 64 points6407-082008-09: 64 points6408-092009-10: 53 points5309-102010-11: 73 points7310-112011-12: 61 points6111-122012-13: 41 points4112-132013-14: 68 points6813-142014-15: 52 points5214-152015-16: 41 points4115-162016-17: 48 points4816-172017-18: 56 points5617-182018-19: 36 points3618-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 BUF 81 25 23 48 -11 72 204 22 0.59
2006-07 BUF 82 43 41 84 47 40 237 30 1.02
2007-08 BUF 82 36 28 64 -5 64 240 45 0.78 $7.143M
2008-09 BUF 73 40 24 64 -1 44 211 34 0.88 $7.143M
2009-10 BUF 71 28 25 53 9 42 182 46 0.75 $7.143M
2010-11 BUF 80 32 41 73 2 24 238 30 0.91 $7.143M
2011-12 BUF 78 26 35 61 -6 52 204 34 0.78 $7.143M
2012-13 BUF 38 20 21 41 -1 20 119 13 1.08 $7.143M
2013-14 BUF 13 4 5 9 -5 4 50 3 0.69 $7.143M
2013-14 NYI 47 17 27 44 4 36 137 17 0.94
2013-14 MTL 18 6 9 15 8 8 61 10 0.83
2014-15 MIN 80 21 31 52 -6 37 171 32 0.65 $6.5M
2015-16 MIN 74 18 23 41 -10 22 146 18 0.55 $6.5M
2016-17 DET 48 15 23 38 2 16 99 23 0.79 $2.6M
2016-17 FLA 20 2 8 10 -7 6 34 6 0.50
2017-18 VAN 61 17 24 41 -12 28 121 29 0.67 $2M
2017-18 CBJ 19 7 8 15 9 8 47 7 0.79
2018-19 DET 64 16 20 36 -12 26 108 38 0.56 $3M
14 seasons Career 1029 373 416 789 5 549 2609 437 0.77

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 BUF 10 2 0 2 -1 6 16 3 0.20
2006-07 BUF 16 6 4 10 2 10 36 4 0.63
2009-10 BUF 3 2 1 3 1 2 10 3 1.00
2010-11 BUF 7 5 0 5 -7 0 20 5 0.71
2013-14 MTL 17 5 5 10 -4 4 28 16 0.59
2014-15 MIN 10 0 4 4 -7 2 19 9 0.40
2017-18 CBJ 6 1 1 2 -1 2 13 2 0.33
7 seasons Playoffs 69 21 15 36 -17 26 142 42 0.52

2007-08 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 36 28 64 -5 64 240 45 0.78 15.0 16:51

Contract

$7.143MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$112KCap dollars per point64 points in 82 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 2013-14, with 6 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2007-08 $7.143M
2008-09 $7.143M
2009-10 $7.143M
2010-11 $7.143M
2011-12 $7.143M
2012-13 $7.143M
2013-14 $7.143M

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
2018-19 to 2018-19 $3M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $2M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $2.6M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $6.5M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $7.143M
2007-08 to 2013-14 $7.143M

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 2007-08 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
Apr 5, 2008 @ BOS W 3-0 3 0 3 1 2 5 0 16:50
Apr 3, 2008 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:37
Apr 1, 2008 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 20:49
Mar 30, 2008 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:43
Mar 28, 2008 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 15:24
Mar 27, 2008 @ OTT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:15
Mar 25, 2008 vs OTT L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 16:18
Mar 21, 2008 vs TOR L 1-4 1 0 1 -2 4 5 0 21:51
Mar 19, 2008 vs TBL W 7-4 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 15:13
Mar 15, 2008 @ TOR W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 09:05
Mar 14, 2008 vs CAR W 7-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:51
Mar 12, 2008 @ PIT L 3-7 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:19
Mar 10, 2008 vs NYR L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 2 6 2 22:07
Mar 8, 2008 @ CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:47
Mar 5, 2008 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 21:20
Mar 4, 2008 @ PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:26
Mar 2, 2008 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 16:23
Feb 29, 2008 vs MTL L 2-6 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 18:37
Feb 27, 2008 vs NSH W 8-4 0 2 2 3 0 5 0 17:31
Feb 25, 2008 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 19:10
Feb 23, 2008 vs NYR L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 19:03
Feb 21, 2008 @ TOR W 5-1 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 16:19
Feb 20, 2008 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 3 0 3 1 0 5 0 23:20
Feb 17, 2008 vs PIT L 1-4 1 0 1 -2 0 7 0 21:07
Feb 16, 2008 @ NYR L 1-5 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 15:08
Feb 13, 2008 vs TOR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:45
Feb 12, 2008 @ OTT W 5-1 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 16:15
Feb 10, 2008 vs FLA W 5-3 1 1 2 -2 0 6 0 20:14
Feb 8, 2008 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 13:09
Feb 6, 2008 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 16:13
Feb 5, 2008 @ BOS W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:10
Feb 1, 2008 @ ATL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:53
Jan 30, 2008 @ FLA W 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 9 1 16:55
Jan 29, 2008 @ TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 15:26
Jan 24, 2008 @ DAL W 2-1 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 17:39
Jan 21, 2008 @ PHX L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 17:45
Jan 19, 2008 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:31
Jan 18, 2008 vs ATL W 10-1 1 2 3 3 2 4 0 16:01
Jan 16, 2008 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:35
Jan 12, 2008 vs NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:43
Jan 10, 2008 @ OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 18:00
Jan 8, 2008 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:12
Jan 6, 2008 @ ATL L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 19:17
Jan 4, 2008 vs OTT L 3-5 0 2 2 -1 0 3 1 20:20
Jan 1, 2008 vs PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 15:35
Dec 29, 2007 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 15:48
Dec 28, 2007 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:41
Dec 26, 2007 vs OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:02
Dec 22, 2007 @ PHI W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:55
Dec 21, 2007 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:59
Dec 19, 2007 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 18:40
Dec 15, 2007 vs CHI W 3-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 14:22
Dec 14, 2007 @ WSH W 5-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 17:15
Dec 12, 2007 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13:44
Dec 10, 2007 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 17:10
Dec 8, 2007 @ SJS W 7-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:15
Dec 6, 2007 @ LAK L 2-8 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 15:00
Dec 5, 2007 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:14
Dec 1, 2007 vs CAR W 8-1 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 14:14
Nov 28, 2007 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:53
Nov 26, 2007 @ WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:20
Nov 24, 2007 @ MTL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 15:25
Nov 23, 2007 vs MTL W 4-2 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 16:23
Nov 21, 2007 vs OTT W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 5 2 19:49
Nov 16, 2007 vs MTL W 4-1 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 14:18
Nov 15, 2007 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 18:49
Nov 10, 2007 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:22
Nov 9, 2007 vs TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:41
Nov 7, 2007 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 17:33
Nov 5, 2007 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 15:35
Nov 2, 2007 vs FLA L 2-4 1 0 1 -3 0 5 0 15:21
Nov 1, 2007 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17:30
Oct 27, 2007 @ TBL W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 11:31
Oct 26, 2007 @ FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 -2 2 5 0 16:53
Oct 24, 2007 @ CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 4 1 2 12:33
Oct 20, 2007 @ MTL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 16:11
Oct 19, 2007 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:45
Oct 15, 2007 vs TOR W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 16:11
Oct 13, 2007 vs WSH W 7-3 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 18:11
Oct 11, 2007 vs ATL W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:30
Oct 6, 2007 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:40
Oct 5, 2007 vs NYI L 4-6 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 18:03