the point. A well-rounded defenceman, Salo also earns time on the penalty kill. Personal life Salo has a wife, Johanna, and three children. From youngest to oldest, they are Peppi, Oliver and Julia. Salo has spent time coaching Oliver, his only son, on his hockey team. Growing up in Turku, Finland, Salo had aspirations of playing with the Finnish national team, rather than the NHL. He idolized Jari Kurri and was more familiar with other Finnish players, such as Esa Peltonen and Heikki Riihiranta, than he was with any NHL stars. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International Awards Transactions 22 June 1996 - Drafted by Ottawa Senators in the 9th round, 239th overall, in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. 31 July 2002 - Signed a one-year, $880,000 qualifying offer from the Ottawa Senators. 21 September 2002 - Traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Peter Schaefer. 17 July 2003 - Re-signed to a two-year, $3.2 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks. 15 September 2004 – Signed to a one-year contract with Frölunda HC. 14 August 2005 - Re-signed to a two-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks. 29 March 2007 - Signed to a four-year, $14-million contract extension with the Vancouver Canucks. 1 July 2011 - Re-signed with the Canucks to a one-year, $2 million contract. 1 July 2012 - Signed to a 2-year, $7.5 million contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Notes References External links 1974 births Detroit Vipers players Finnish ice hockey defencemen Frölunda HC players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Jokerit players Living people Manitoba Moose players Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players of Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Ottawa Senators draft picks Ottawa Senators players Sportspeople from Turku HC TPS players Vancouver Canucks players Olympic medalists in ice hockey Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Tampa Bay Lightning players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States