Johnny Oduya Re-signed By Devils!? (Updated)
June 28th, 2009 | by Carlos Figueiredo |by Carlos Figueiredo
From Aftonbladet, the Swedish newspaper.
If you don’t know Swedish, the article loosely translated goes something like this:
Oduya extends with Devils – And receive multi-million lift
MONTREAL. Johnny Oduya stops in New Jersey Devils.
A contract extension will be published shortly.
Oduya highlights salary from 4.7 million to about 24 million.
27-year-old Johnny Oduya was a late Bloomer and it was not until last winter that he got his breakthrough in the NHL. But now he is ranked as one of the hottest slopes in the upcoming free agent market. But it will not Oduya to reach. He has negotiated with New Jersey Devils over the last two weeks, and soon becomes a new contract done.
It is worth just over 24 million per year and provides Oduya a hefty wage.
Last season he earned 4.7 million, but was then sharply during paid given that he sometimes played over 20 minutes per match in the New Jersey Devils.
- Tomas Ros
Using my trusty currency conversion calculator, 24 million Swedish Kronor is just over $3 million US dollars, which means he gets a pretty good raise…but still a bit less than what I thought it would take to keep him.
None of this is confirmed yet by the Devils, but it’s a pretty good source.
UPDATE: From Tom Gulitti’s Fire & Ice blog: Lou Lamoriello has said “There is nothing that has been done” in regards to a deal with Oduya.
Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Rich Chere of The Star-Ledger is now reporting Johnny Oduya is expected to finalize a new deal with the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.
Tags: Johnny Oduya, New Jersey Devils, NHL
By Dan D on Jun 28, 2009
Who do they think some of the other hot slopes are out there?
Good work, there Carlos!
By Carlos Figueiredo on Jun 28, 2009
I was wondering that myself. I’m working on getting a list of the 10 hottest slopes. Stay tuned!
By Clairemont on Jun 28, 2009
I told you he was gonna get about 3 a year.
By Carlos Figueiredo on Jun 28, 2009
I’m hearing between 3.2 and 3.6 for 4 years.
By DEVILDRIVER on Jun 28, 2009
I am glad Lou kept him.