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Photo of NHL player Urho Vaakanainen

New York Rangers Logo Urho Vaakanainen

Position Left Defense / Right Defense Current Team New York Rangers
Shoots Left Current Contract 2 years ($1.6M CapHit)
Height 6'2" Expires 2026-27
Weight (lbs) 202 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 28
Age (DOB) 27 (Jan 1, 1999) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2017, Round 1, Overall 18 (BOS)
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


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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend
2018-19 BOS 2 - - - -0.40 - -1.03 - -10.65
2019-20 BOS 5 -1.57 -1.47 -0.85 -2.60 - -0.88 - 1.44
2020-21 BOS 9 1.55 3.71 -0.83 -1.23 - -0.81 - -2.38
2021-22 ANA, BOS 29 -1.68 -1.55 -1.00 -1.01 - -1.07 -1.12 -1.47
2022-23 ANA 23 -1.03 -0.50 -0.95 -1.22 - -0.89 -0.71 -1.70
2023-24 ANA 68 -0.67 -0.16 -0.91 -0.71 - -1.10 -0.47 0.28
2024-25 ANA, NYR 51 1.55 2.53 -0.45 0.00 - 1.47 -0.56 0.90
2025-26 NYR 34 -0.22 1.03 -0.95 -1.52 - -0.70 -0.44 -0.48

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
2018-19 BOS 2 -4.48 -1.74 -1.81 0.84 -1.65 -2.74 -
2019-20 BOS 5 -0.83 -1.36 -0.79 -4.55 -2.61 4.32 -
2020-21 BOS 9 -0.07 -1.56 -0.03 -0.57 -2.14 -1.30 -
2021-22 ANA, BOS 29 0.19 -1.12 -0.47 -1.59 -1.30 1.09 -
2022-23 ANA 23 -0.32 -1.37 -1.66 0.92 -0.21 -2.30 -
2023-24 ANA 68 -0.29 -1.44 -0.29 1.11 0.40 -1.22 -
2024-25 ANA, NYR 51 -0.67 -1.47 -1.02 -1.00 -1.12 0.31 -
2025-26 NYR 34 -1.89 -1.51 -1.21 0.36 -0.02 -0.65 -

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

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 0.08 -0.08 0.00 1.12 -1.12 0.00 0.00
2019-20 BOS 5 74:58 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 -0.05 0.00 5.92 -5.92 0.00 0.00
2020-21 BOS 9 140:30 0.00 0.85 0.85 0.17 -0.17 0.00 3.12 -3.12 0.00 0.00
2021-22 ANA 14 248:32 0.00 0.24 0.24 0.05 -0.05 0.00 2.14 -2.14 0.00 0.00
2021-22 BOS 15 237:40 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.12 -0.12 0.00 3.16 -3.16 0.00 8.70
2021-22 ANA, BOS 29 486:12 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.08 -0.08 0.00 2.75 -2.75 0.00 5.56
2022-23 ANA 23 361:05 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.14 -0.14 0.00 3.19 -3.19 0.00 2.50
2023-24 ANA 68 1022:50 0.06 0.65 0.70 0.11 -0.05 1.59 2.99 -1.40 0.00 0.00
2024-25 ANA 5 64:12 0.00 0.93 0.93 0.19 -0.19 0.00 6.86 -6.86 0.00 0.00
2024-25 NYR 46 719:08 0.17 1.08 1.25 0.15 0.02 5.13 4.65 0.48 1.56 0.00
2024-25 ANA, NYR 51 783:20 0.15 1.07 1.23 0.15 -0.00 4.76 4.81 -0.05 1.39 0.00
2025-26 NYR 34 442:28 0.00 0.81 0.81 0.13 -0.13 0.00 4.30 -4.30 0.00 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 1.80 31.33 3.48 2.99 0.00 37.54 -0.83 1.25 -22.57
2019-20 BOS 5 74:58 32.81 2.40 1.93 53.62 0.80 2.93 75.00 39.75 -0.34 1.20 -17.05
2020-21 BOS 9 140:30 38.43 1.28 1.82 38.43 3.42 2.25 27.27 44.70 -0.57 -0.32 -3.48
2021-22 ANA 14 248:32 32.83 3.38 1.94 50.46 4.59 3.19 42.42 37.86 -0.49 0.17 -6.69
2021-22 BOS 15 237:40 41.66 2.02 2.46 41.66 3.03 2.52 40.00 49.38 -0.01 0.52 -5.94
2021-22 ANA, BOS 29 486:12 37.15 2.71 2.19 46.15 3.83 2.86 41.51 43.40 -0.26 0.34 -5.90
2022-23 ANA 23 361:05 38.05 1.00 2.22 48.69 3.66 3.18 21.43 41.11 -0.18 -0.53 1.82
2023-24 ANA 68 1022:50 39.07 2.41 2.03 40.95 2.52 2.24 48.81 47.53 -0.20 -0.39 1.65
2024-25 ANA 5 64:12 46.73 0.93 2.47 33.64 0.93 1.85 50.00 57.12 -0.01 -1.85 17.00
2024-25 NYR 46 719:08 37.71 2.67 2.09 43.89 2.25 2.59 54.24 44.56 -0.46 -0.03 -4.63
2024-25 ANA, NYR 51 783:20 38.45 2.53 2.12 43.05 2.14 2.53 54.10 45.51 -0.42 -0.20 -2.59
2025-26 NYR 34 442:28 36.61 2.17 2.20 38.65 2.03 2.33 51.61 48.49 -0.01 -0.06 0.50

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%
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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
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Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% 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.

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Urho Vaakanainen signed a $3,100,000 2-year contract with the New York Rangers and General Manager Chris Drury on March 7, 2025 with an AAV of $1,550,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.62% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause 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: Chris Drury
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 1.62

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Urho Vaakanainen signed a $1,100,000 1-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks and General Manager Pat Verbeek on July 1, 2024 with an AAV of $1,100,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.25% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

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: Pat Verbeek
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 1.25

Urho Vaakanainen signed a $1,700,000 2-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks and General Manager Pat Verbeek on July 22, 2022 with an AAV of $850,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.03% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause 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: Pat Verbeek
Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)
Cap %: 1.03

Urho Vaakanainen signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Boston Bruins and General Manager Don Sweeney on June 13, 2018 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.16% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause 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: Don Sweeney
Exp. Status: RFA
Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

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. C SM-sarja Jokipojat U16 15 5 14 19 16
2012-13 Jr. B Mestis Jokipojat U18 13 3 9 12 52
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 WHC-17 Finland U17 6 0 1 1 2
2014-15 Jr. A SM-liiga Kiekko-Espoo U20 30 4 8 12 +20 34 9 2 2 -2
2014-15 EYOF Finland U17 3 1 1 +3
2014-15 Jr. B SM-sarja Blues U18 1
2015-16 Liiga Blues 25 1 5 6 -8 8
2015-16 WJC-18 Finland U18 7 1 2 3 +6 6
2015-16 WHC-17 Finland U17 5 0 0 0 6
2015-16 Champions HL Blues 2 0 1 1 2
2015-16 U20 SM-sarja Kiekko-Espoo U20 18 2 11 13 +10 8 2 2
2016-17 WJC-20 Finland U20 6 1 0 1 -2 4
2016-17 WJC-18 Finland U18 5 3 3 6 +4 2
2016-17 Champions HL JYP 5 0 1 1 +2 4
2016-17 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Finland U18 4 0 1 1 -1 2
2016-17 Mestis JYP-Akatemia 3 0 1 1 -2 29
2016-17 U20 SM-liiga JYP U20 1 0 0 0 -1
2016-17 Liiga JYP 41 2 4 6 +5 12 14 3 3 +1 2
2017-18 WJC-20 Finland U20 5 0 1 1 +3 2
2017-18 EHT Finland 5 0 1 1 +4 2
2017-18 Liiga SaiPa 43 4 7 11 +8 24 9 1 1 +1
2018-19 WJC-20 Finland U20 7 0 4 4 +5 6
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
2019-20 AHL Providence Bruins 54 5 9 14 +18 18
2019-20 NHL Boston Bruins 5 0 0 0 +2 2 0.0 16:51
2020-21 AHL Providence Bruins 11 1 2 3 +1 6
2020-21 NHL Boston Bruins 9 0 2 2 -3 2 15 0.0 18:55
2020-21 Liiga SaiPa 2 1 0 1 +2 2
2021-22 AHL Providence Bruins 23 1 7 8 +6 20
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
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 New York Rangers 46 2 13 15 +8 16 39 5.1 16:43
2024-25 NHL Anaheim Ducks 5 0 1 1 2 3 0.0 13:36
2024-25 4 Nations Finland 3 0 0 0 -5 12:55
2025-26 NHL New York Rangers 34 0 6 6 14 23 0.0 13:51
NHL Career 221 3 43 46 -15 70 205 1.5 16:47