New Jersey Devils’ John Oduya (29), of Sweden, checks Carolina Hurricanes’ Tuomo Ruutu, of Finland, during the first period of an NHL first-round hockey playoff game Tuesday, April 28, 2009, in Newark ...

As of today Tuomo Ruutu's season has officially ended. With the Hurricanes' playoff hopes all but gone, Paul Maurice has shut down Tuomo Ruutu for the season. "Give him all the credit because he’s ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Three days after being traded to the New Jersey Devils, Tuomo Ruutu had one of those storybook games against his former Carolina Hurricanes teammates. Ruutu scored with 6:30 to ...

NEWARK— Tuomo Ruutu is the kind of player Devils goalie Martin Brodeur hates to play against. The acquisition of the Finnish forward from the Carolina Hurricanes, Brodeur suggested, is a move that can ...

Impending free agency does some funny things. It makes you an object of desire around the NHL Trade Deadline, as pundits pump your tires until they're Gravedigger-sized in a sparse field of talent. It ...

Tuomo Ruutu recently received a four-year contract extension worth $19 million. Ruutu is a one-of-a-kind player, there is no doubt about that—he is one of the few guys that can play physical, but he ...

One stat from new Devils forward Tuomo Ruutu sticks out in particular: his plus/minus is a woeful minus-19, his worst number since his rookie year with Chicago. Now that he's in New Jersey and gets a ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 21: Tuomo Ruutu #15 of the Carolina Hurricanes skates in warmups prior to the game against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center on November 21, 2011 in ...

The past met the future Friday night at the Pepsi Center when Teemu Selanne, who put his native Finland and the NHL in a frenzy when he scored a record 76 goals in his rookie season, played for the ...

Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon and the agent for winger Tuomo Ruutu, Chicago-based Bill Zito, had another round of negotiations on a new contract Tuesday, with Zito saying progress had been ...

The Vancouver Canucks are creating some forward competition at training camp. The club has signed James Sheppard and Tuomo Ruutu to professional tryouts, general manager Jim Benning confirmed to Ben ...