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Contract Details

Samuelsson signed a three-year, $3.6-million contract extension on March 25, 2006. The contract expires following the 2008-09 season when Samuelsson will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1st, 2009.

Transaction History

• (09/17/2005) Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Detroit Red Wings.

• (06/21/2003) Pittsburgh Penguins traded Mikael Samuelsson and a 1st round selection (Nathan Horton) in 2003 and a 2nd round compensatory choice (Stefan Meyer) in 2003 to the Florida Panthers for a 1st round selection (Marc-Andre Fleury) in 2003 and a 3rd round selection (Daniel Carcillo) in 2003.

• (02/10/2003) Pittsburgh Penguins traded Alexei Kovalev, Dan LaCouture, Janne Laukkanen and Mike Wilson to the New York Rangers for Mikael Samuelsson, Rico Fata, Joel Bouchard, Richard Lintner and cash.

• (06/24/2001) New York Rangers traded Adam Graves to the San Jose Sharks for Mikael Samuelsson and Chris Gosselin.

• (06/27/1998) Drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 5th round (145th overall) in 1998.

Mikael Samuelsson was drafted 145th overall in the 1998 Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. Two and a half years later, he made his NHL debut on January 3, 2001 with one shot in a 3-1 loss to the Flames. He played four games in all at the NHL level that year and recorded three shots and two hits. At the 2001 Entry Draft on June 24, Mikael was traded with Christian Gosselin to the New York Rangers for Adam Graves. That season, he played 67 games with the Rangers and scored 16 points. On November 20, he scored his first two goals and was named first star of the game in the Rangers 5-2 win over the Avalanche. His first goal on Patrick Roy in the first period ended Roy's shutout string of 192 minutes and 39 seconds... Continue on NHLPA.com