Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Salo ya fara aikinsa yana wasa yanayi uku a cikin Elitserien tare da Västerås IK. An zabi shi a matsayin na 118 a zagaye na biyar, ta New York Islanders a 1993
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya fara wasa tare da Islanders a 1994-95, amma zai buga yawancin lokutansa biyu na farko a Arewacin Amurka tare da reshen New York na International Hockey League (IHL), Utah Grizzlies. Yin wasa a cikin IHL, Salo ya ci nasara a baya-da-baya Turner Cups tare da Grizzlies a matsayin zakarun gasar kuma ya sami N.R. "Bud" Poile Trophy a matsayin MVP na wasan kwaikwayo a shekarar 1996. A cikin shekararsa ta farko, an kira shi duka MVP na gasar da kuma rookie na shekara a 1995, ban da girmamawa na Teamungiyar All-Star da kuma James Norris Memorial Trophy don ba da izinin ƙarancin kwallaye a kan.