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Urho Vaakanainen

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	New York Rangers
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	205	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	28
Age	26 (Jan 1, 1999)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2017, Round 1, Overall 18 (BOS)

News and Opinions

Projecting the New York Rangers’ 2025-26 Opening-Night Roster at The Hockey Writers (Fri Jul 18, 2025)
Rangers defense depth looks shallow, but trust in Sully is needed at Blue Seat Blogs (Wed Jul 16, 2025)
Rangers updated depth chart: how defense group stacks up after start of free agency at Blue Line Station (Sun Jul 6, 2025)
NYR/PHI 4/9 Review: TNT’s Reunion of Sam Rosen & John Davidson A Smashing Success; “Find A New Way To Lose” Rangers Do It Again, Get a Cardiologist – Blueshirts Have No Heart, Four Assists = Mika Minus One, Bozo The Bench Boss Scratches Perreault, Standings Watch Over; One More Week To Go, Wake Up James Dolan, Isles Up Next & More at Blue Collar Blue Shirts (Thu Apr 10, 2025)
Top 3 takeaways from the Anaheim Ducks' opening weekend games at Pucks of a Feather (Thu Oct 17, 2024)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 7, 2025	New York Rangers	Signed 2 years @ $1.550M AAV starting in 2025-26
Dec 6, 2024	Anaheim Ducks	Traded to New York Rangers
Dec 6, 2024	New York Rangers	Acquired from Anaheim Ducks
Dec 4, 2024	Anaheim Ducks	Placed on IR
Jul 1, 2024	Anaheim Ducks	Signed 1 year @ $1.100M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 22, 2022	Anaheim Ducks	Signed 2 years @ $850K AAV starting in 2022-23
Jun 13, 2018	Boston Bruins	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2011-12	Jr. C I-divisioona	Jokipojat U16	1	0	0	0		2				3		1	1		16
2011-12	QC Int PW	Finland Selects U13										2	1	2	3		2
2012-13	Jr. B Mestis	Jokipojat U18	13	3	9	12		52
2012-13	Jr. C SM-sarja	Jokipojat U16	15	5	14	19		16
2013-14	Jr. B SM-sarja	Blues U18	41	8	25	33		48				5		3	3		2
2013-14	Jr. C SM-sarja	Blues U16	6	4	6	10		10				1
2014-15	Jr. A SM-liiga	Kiekko-Espoo U20	30	4	8	12	+20	34				9	2		2	-2
2014-15	Jr. B SM-sarja	Blues U18										1
2014-15	WHC-17	Finland U17	6	0	1	1		2
2014-15	EYOF	Finland U17										3		1	1	+3
2015-16	Champions HL	Blues	2	0	1	1		2
2015-16	Liiga	Blues	25	1	5	6	-8	8
2015-16	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	1	2	3	+6	6
2015-16	U20 SM-sarja	Kiekko-Espoo U20	18	2	11	13	+10	8				2					2
2015-16	WHC-17	Finland U17	5	0	0	0		6
2016-17	Champions HL	JYP	5	0	1	1	+2	4
2016-17	Liiga	JYP	41	2	4	6	+5	12				14		3	3	+1	2
2016-17	WJC-18	Finland U18	5	3	3	6	+4	2
2016-17	WJC-20	Finland U20	6	1	0	1	-2	4
2016-17	U20 SM-sarja	JYP U20	1	0	0	0	-1
2016-17	Mestis	JYP-Akatemia	3	0	1	1	-2	29
2016-17	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Finland U18	4	0	1	1	-1	2
2017-18	Liiga	SaiPa	43	4	7	11	+8	24				9		1	1	+1
2017-18	WJC-20	Finland U20	5	0	1	1	+3	2
2017-18	EHT	Finland	5	0	1	1	+4	2
2018-19	NHL	Boston Bruins	2	0	0	0	-1		2	0.0	9:06
2018-19	AHL	Providence Bruins	30	4	10	14	+2	10				4				+1	2
2018-19	WJC-20	Finland U20	7	0	4	4	+5	6
2019-20	NHL	Boston Bruins	5	0	0	0	+2		2	0.0	16:51
2019-20	AHL	Providence Bruins	54	5	9	14	+18	18
2020-21	NHL	Boston Bruins	9	0	2	2	-3	2	15	0.0	18:55
2020-21	AHL	Providence Bruins	11	1	2	3	+1	6
2020-21	Liiga	SaiPa	2	1	0	1	+2	2
2021-22	NHL	Boston Bruins	15	0	4	4		4	15	0.0	19:17
2021-22	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	14	0	2	2	-5	6	12	0.0	19:21
2021-22	AHL	Providence Bruins	23	1	7	8	+6	20
2022-23	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	23	0	2	2	-16		27	0.0	16:27
2022-23	AHL	San Diego Gulls	1	0	0	0	-1
2023-24	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	68	1	13	14		26	67	1.5	17:29
2024-25	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	5	0	1	1		2	3	0.0	13:36
2024-25	NHL	New York Rangers	46	2	13	15	+8	16	39	5.1	16:43
2024-25	4 Nations	Finland	3	0	0	0	-5				27:32
NHL Career			187	3	37	40	-15	56	182	1.6	17:19

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2018-19	BOS	2	17:14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	-0.10	0.00	1.39	-1.39	0.00	0.00
2019-20	BOS	5	74:58	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	-0.05	0.00	5.79	-5.79	0.00	0.00
2020-21	BOS	9	140:30	0.00	0.85	0.85	0.22	-0.22	0.00	4.03	-4.03	0.00	0.00
2021-22	ANA	14	248:32	0.00	0.24	0.24	0.04	-0.04	0.00	1.57	-1.57	0.00	0.00
2021-22	BOS	15	237:40	0.00	0.25	0.25	0.15	-0.15	0.00	4.06	-4.06	0.00	8.70
2021-22	ANA, BOS	29	486:12	0.00	0.25	0.25	0.09	-0.09	0.00	3.07	-3.07	0.00	5.56
2022-23	ANA	23	361:05	0.00	0.33	0.33	0.15	-0.15	0.00	3.24	-3.24	0.00	2.50
2023-24	ANA	68	1022:50	0.06	0.65	0.70	0.12	-0.06	1.59	3.13	-1.55	0.00	0.00
2024-25	ANA	5	64:12	0.00	0.93	0.93	0.15	-0.15	0.00	5.38	-5.38	0.00	0.00
2024-25	NYR	46	719:08	0.17	1.08	1.25	0.15	0.02	5.13	4.60	0.53	1.56	0.00
2024-25	ANA, NYR	51	783:20	0.15	1.07	1.23	0.15	0.00	4.76	4.65	0.11	1.39	0.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2018-19	BOS	2	17:14	38.30	0.00	1.98	31.33	3.48	2.91	0.00	40.54	-0.50	1.09	-17.18
2019-20	BOS	5	74:58	32.81	2.40	1.87	53.62	0.80	2.91	75.00	39.13	-0.37	1.02	-15.03
2020-21	BOS	9	140:30	38.43	1.28	1.97	38.43	3.42	2.16	27.27	47.76	-0.45	-0.25	-2.39
2021-22	ANA	14	248:32	32.83	3.38	2.03	50.46	4.59	3.29	42.42	38.12	-0.44	0.19	-6.20
2021-22	BOS	15	237:40	41.65	2.02	2.43	41.65	3.03	2.36	40.00	50.77	-0.05	0.35	-4.58
2021-22	ANA, BOS	29	486:12	37.15	2.71	2.23	46.15	3.83	2.84	41.51	43.97	-0.25	0.27	-5.17
2022-23	ANA	23	361:05	38.05	1.00	2.22	48.69	3.66	2.96	21.43	42.83	-0.16	-0.84	4.35
2023-24	ANA	68	1022:50	39.24	2.41	2.08	41.18	2.52	2.33	48.81	47.16	-0.18	-0.38	1.64
2024-25	ANA	5	64:12	46.73	0.93	2.87	33.64	0.93	1.88	50.00	60.44	0.25	-1.74	18.45
2024-25	NYR	46	719:08	38.30	2.67	2.13	44.47	2.25	2.53	54.24	45.72	-0.44	0.01	-4.73
2024-25	ANA, NYR	51	783:20	38.99	2.53	2.19	43.58	2.14	2.48	54.10	46.95	-0.38	-0.16	-2.46

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	29	20.3	0.0	8.3	8.4	88.4	61.6	80.0	16.0	4.0	41.7	18.8	39.5
2022-23	23	21.4	0.1	8.3	8.4	87.1	60.0	88.9	11.1	0.0	44.1	17.8	38.2
2023-24	68	22.1	0.2	8.1	8.4	91.5	62.3	79.5	20.5	0.0	42.1	18.5	39.4
2024-25	51	22.0	0.1	8.2	8.3	85.6	67.2	83.3	10.0	6.7	42.2	17.9	39.9

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Schneider, B	NYR	519:49	2.54	2.19	53.66	2.17	2.39	47.56	-0.38	-0.15	-2.56
2024-25	Fox, A	NYR	49:26	3.64	3.64	50.00	1.72	2.76	38.37	-0.67	0.25	-10.42
2024-25	Gudas, R	ANA	31:50	1.88	0.00	100.00	2.98	1.73	63.18	0.41	-1.79	21.07
2024-25	Borgen, W	NYR	31:12	3.85	1.92	66.67	1.35	2.78	32.67	-1.12	0.26	-16.85
2024-25	Ruhwedel, C	NYR	27:33	2.18	2.18	50.00	1.97	3.35	37.06	-0.85	-0.27	-6.79
2024-25	Miller, K	NYR	27:32	4.36	4.36	50.00	2.04	4.46	31.40	-0.40	2.00	-18.46
2024-25	Zellweger, O	ANA	27:18	0.00	2.20	0.00	2.82	1.79	61.24	0.17	-1.66	17.72
2024-25	Lindgren, R	NYR	25:02	2.40	2.40	50.00	3.71	3.15	54.11	1.23	0.61	4.75
2024-25	Jones, Z	NYR	24:05	0.00	0.00	-	1.94	2.35	45.20	-0.44	-0.24	-2.63
2023-24	Gudas, R	ANA	485:23	3.21	2.60	55.32	2.14	2.19	49.38	-0.12	-0.48	3.54
2023-24	Fowler, C	ANA	184:14	0.98	0.98	50.00	1.65	2.21	42.84	-0.60	-0.39	-3.58
2023-24	Lindstrom, G	ANA	174:21	2.75	1.72	61.54	1.88	1.89	49.77	-0.25	-0.65	4.19
2023-24	Lagesson, W	ANA	50:10	1.20	3.59	25.00	1.75	3.52	33.25	-0.44	0.80	-11.39
2023-24	LaCombe, J	ANA	35:30	0.00	1.69	0.00	2.19	1.58	58.18	0.00	-1.08	12.96
2023-24	Mintyukov, P	ANA	33:44	0.00	10.67	0.00	2.65	5.70	31.77	0.44	3.14	-14.55
2022-23	Shattenkirk, K	ANA	176:22	0.68	3.06	18.18	2.16	3.07	41.34	-0.05	-0.40	2.43
2022-23	Benoit, S	ANA	65:19	0.92	4.59	16.67	0.97	2.83	25.44	-1.35	-0.70	-14.13
2022-23	Klingberg, J	ANA	41:23	1.45	4.35	25.00	3.80	3.38	52.92	1.51	-0.15	13.58
2022-23	Kulikov, D	ANA	33:43	1.78	1.78	50.00	2.29	2.70	45.91	-0.03	-0.86	6.37
2022-23	Fowler, C	ANA	22:19	0.00	8.07	0.00	3.50	2.42	59.10	1.14	-1.13	19.15
2021-22	Drysdale, J	ANA	121:09	4.46	4.95	47.37	2.08	3.66	36.24	-0.28	0.59	-7.30
2021-22	Shattenkirk, K	ANA	101:40	2.36	4.72	33.33	2.13	3.38	38.66	-0.22	0.25	-4.19
2021-22	McAvoy, C	BOS	98:22	2.44	3.05	44.44	2.84	1.86	60.46	0.47	-0.32	8.35
2021-22	Carlo, B	BOS	63:51	0.00	2.82	0.00	2.59	2.30	52.94	0.13	0.19	-0.85
2020-21	McAvoy, C	BOS	46:39	3.86	5.14	42.86	2.23	2.01	52.55	-0.15	-0.28	1.68
2020-21	Tinordi, J	BOS	31:27	0.00	0.00	-	1.07	1.98	34.99	-0.71	-0.31	-8.64
2020-21	Clifton, C	BOS	26:24	0.00	6.82	0.00	1.88	2.55	42.51	-0.42	0.24	-7.37
2019-20	Clifton, C	BOS	54:21	2.21	1.10	66.67	2.22	3.00	42.57	0.12	1.02	-8.96

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	26	$1,550,000	$1,550,000	-	$250,000	$1,400,000	$1,650,000	$1,650,000	RFA-arb
2026-27	27	$1,550,000	$1,550,000	-	-	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	UFA
Total				-	$250,000	$2,850,000	$3,100,000	$3,100,000

Signed: Mar 7, 2025

Team: New York Rangers

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.62

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	25		$1,100,000	$1,100,000	-	-	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	$1,100,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.25

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	23	$850,000	$850,000	-	-	$800,000	$800,000	$800,000	RFA
2023-24	24	$850,000	$850,000	-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	$1,700,000

Signed: July 22, 2022

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 1.03

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	19	$925,000	$1,333,333	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2019-20	20	$894,167	$1,302,500	$300,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	21	$894,167	$1,302,500	$425,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2021-22	22	$894,167	$1,302,500	$500,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$1,225,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: June 13, 2018

Team: Boston Bruins

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15