Urho Vaakanainen headshot

Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 61 10th
FG 42 22nd
DI 87 61st
SK 71 23rd
ST 75 50th
EN 63 15th
DU 56 13th
PH 63 60th
FO 25 98th
PA 53 43rd
SC 47 30th
DF 77 30th
PS 25 67th
EX 63 35th
LD 63 34th
OV 63 20th

Contract

Cap hit $1,750,000 1.7% of cap
Year 1 of 1
2026-27
Expiry Status
RFA
2027 age 28
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2021-22 ARI 21 2 6 8 0.38 -2 2 1 0 0 14 14.3% 16
2024-25 OTT 77 3 20 23 0.30 -12 24 0 1 0 80 3.8% 86
2025-26 OTT 82 11 23 34 0.41 -14 24 0 7 0 74 14.9% 45
CAREER 3 yrs 180 16 49 65 0.36 -28 50 1 8 0 -- 9.5% 147
2026-27 · no games in this range

No games logged in this range.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2025-26 NYR 34 0 6 6 0 14 0 0 0 23 13:51
On Pace - 82 0 14 14 0 34 0 0 0 55 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2018-19 BOS 2 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 9:06
2019-20 BOS 5 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 16:51
2020-21 BOS 9 0 2 2 0.22 -3 2 0 0 0 0.0% 18:55
2021-22 BOS 15 0 4 4 0.27 0 4 0 0 0 0.0% 19:17
2021-22 ANH 14 0 2 2 0.14 -5 6 0 0 1 0.0% 19:21
2022-23 ANH 23 0 2 2 0.09 -16 0 0 0 0 0.0% 16:27
2023-24 ANH 68 1 13 14 0.21 0 26 0 0 0 1.5% 17:29
2024-25 ANH 5 0 1 1 0.20 0 2 0 0 0 0.0% 13:36
2024-25 NYR 46 2 13 15 0.33 8 16 0 0 0 5.1% 16:43
2025-26 NYR 34 0 6 6 0.18 0 14 0 0 0 0.0% 13:51
Career NHL 221 3 43 46 0.21 -15 70 0 0 1 1.5% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2020-21 21 D ARI 75 69 89 78 69 59 63 47 25 37 42 60 40 44 44 58
2021-22 22 D ARI 61 41 92 78 69 76 62 56 25 56 47 77 25 45 45 63
2022-23 23 D EDM 73 43 89 78 69 78 63 60 25 55 47 77 25 48 48 65
2023-24 24 D EDM 71 43 99 78 73 70 58 63 25 48 47 75 25 52 52 65
2024-25 25 D OTT 71 43 88 78 73 72 64 64 25 54 47 85 25 59 59 67
2025-26 26 D OTT 63 42 89 76 76 69 70 61 25 61 48 79 25 62 62 66
2026-27 27 D OTT 61 42 87 71 75 63 56 63 25 53 47 77 25 63 63 63
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2020-21 21 D ARI 75 69 89 78 69 59 63 47 25 37 42 60 40 44 44 58
2021-22 22 D ARI −14 −28 +3 · · +17 −1 +9 · +19 +5 +17 −15 +1 +1 +5
2022-23 23 D EDM +12 +2 −3 · · +2 +1 +4 · −1 · · · +3 +3 +2
2023-24 24 D EDM −2 · +10 · +4 −8 −5 +3 · −7 · −2 · +4 +4 ·
2024-25 25 D OTT · · −11 · · +2 +6 +1 · +6 · +10 · +7 +7 +2
2025-26 26 D OTT −8 −1 +1 −2 +3 −3 +6 −3 · +7 +1 −6 · +3 +3 −1
2026-27 27 D OTT −2 · −2 −5 −1 −6 −14 +2 · −8 −1 −2 · +1 +1 −3
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2020-21 ARI $894,167 3 yr 1.1% 21 ELC
2023-24 EDM $850,000 1 yr 1.0% 24 RFA
2024-25 OTT $1,400,000 2 yr 1.6% 25 RFA
2026-27 OTT $1,750,000 1 yr 1.7% 27 RFA CURRENT
2019-20
Jul 7 2019
2019-20
to COYOTES
to RED WINGS
2022-23
Nov 21 2022
2022-23
to OILERS
to COYOTES
2024-25
Jun 30 2024
2024-25
to SENATORS
  • Urho Vaakanainen 67
to OILERS

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