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Urho Vaakanainen

#18

age26

posD

shotl

h6'2"

w205lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$1,550,000$1.55M

Year 1 of 2

25/26

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 28

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick18

Year2017

Agent Mika Rautakallio

Birthdate Jan 1, 1999

Birthplace Joensuu

Nationality Finland

Stick CCM JetSpeed FT7 Pro

UFA Year 2026

ELC Year 19

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $3.73M

Regular Season

GP5

PPG0.2

PIM2

EV TOI/GM 12.78

G60 0.94

P60 13.15

GF% 50.00

DFF% 56.60

REL DFF% 16.30

CF% 55.70

REL CF% 12.30

Regular Season

GP46

A13

P15

PPG0.33

PIM16

EV TOI/GM 15.67

G60 0.08

P60 1.17

GF% 54.20

DFF% 44.70

REL DFF% -5.10

CF% 45.80

REL CF% -5.30

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP187

A37

P40

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.21

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.02

Career Statline Details

2025-2027 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$3,100,000$3.10M

cap hit$1,550,000$1.55M

Urho Vaakanainen is signed to a 2 year, $3,100,000 contract with a cap hit of $1,550,000 per season, playing for the New York Rangers. His contract expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, making Vaakanainen an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Mar 7 2025

Signing Agent Mika Rautakallio

Signed By

Signing GM Chris Drury

% Cap Contract Start 1.62%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$1,550,000$1.55M	$1,550,000$1.55M	UFAage 28
AAV	$1,550,000$1.55M	$1,550,000$1.55M
Base	$1,400,000$1.40M	$1,450,000$1.45M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$250,000$250K	-
Total Salary	$1,650,000$1.65M	$1,450,000$1.45M
Minors Salary	$1,650,000$1.65M	$1,450,000$1.45M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP5

PPG0.2

PIM2

EV TOI/GM 12.78

G60 0.94

P60 13.15

GF% 50.00

DFF% 56.60

REL DFF% 16.30

CF% 55.70

REL CF% 12.30

Regular Season

GP46

A13

P15

PPG0.33

PIM16

EV TOI/GM 15.67

G60 0.08

P60 1.17

GF% 54.20

DFF% 44.70

REL DFF% -5.10

CF% 45.80

REL CF% -5.30

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP187

A37

P40

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.21

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.02

Career Statline Details

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	25	$1,100,000 $1.10M	International	Finland (all)	3	0	0	0	0
2024-25	25	$1,100,000 $1.10M	NHL 4 Nations	Finland	3	0	0	0	0
2024-25	25	$1,100,000 $1.10M	NHL	New York Rangers	46	2	13	15	16	721	54.20	44.70	-5.10	45.80	-5.30	0.08	1.17
2024-25	25	$1,100,000 $1.10M	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	5	0	1	1	2	64	50.00	56.60	16.30	55.70	12.30	0.94	13.15
2023-24	24	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	68	1	13	14	26	1,033	48.20	46.30	0.50	48.30	2.80	0.06	0.76
2022-23	23	$850,000 $850K	AHL	San Diego Gulls	1	0	0	0	0
2022-23	23	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	23	0	2	2	0	361	21.40	41.10	2.40	44.40	2.20		0.33
2021-22	22	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	14	0	2	2	6	248	40.60	39.00	-8.10	39.20	-6.30		0.48
2021-22	22	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Boston Bruins	15	0	4	4	4	245	42.90	47.10	-9.10	48.80	-4.20		0.49
2021-22	22	$894,167 $894K	AHL	Providence Bruins	23	1	7	8	20
2020-21	21	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Boston Bruins	9	0	2	2	2	149	27.30	44.50	-3.50	47.30	-1.40		0.80
2020-21	21	$894,167 $894K	AHL	Providence Bruins	11	1	2	3	6
2020-21	21	$894,167 $894K	Liiga	SaiPa	2	1	0	1	2
2019-20	20	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Boston Bruins	5	0	0	0	0	75	75.00	40.20	-16.80	39.60	-9.60
2019-20	20	$894,167 $894K	AHL	Providence Bruins	54	5	9	14	18
2018-19	19	$925,000 $925K	WJC-20	Finland U20	7	0	4	4	6
2018-19	19	$925,000 $925K	NHL	Boston Bruins	2	0	0	0	0	17	0.00	32.21	-27.12	59.26	8.01	0.00	0.00
2018-19	19	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Providence Bruins	30	4	10	14	10									Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2018-19	19	$925,000 $925K	International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	10	0	4	4	10
2017-18	18		EHT	Finland	5	0	1	1	2
2017-18	18		International	Finland (all)	9	0	3	3	4
2017-18	18		WJC-20	Finland U20	5	0	1	1	2
2017-18	18		International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	13	0	2	2	26
2017-18	18		Liiga	SaiPa	43	4	7	11	24									Playoffs	9	0	1	1	0
2016-17	17		WJC-18	Finland U18	5	3	3	6	2
2016-17	17		International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	9	2	1	3	4
2016-17	17		International-Jr	Finland U18 (all)	8	3	3	6	4
2016-17	17		U20 SM-sarja	JYP U20	1	0	0	0	0
2016-17	17		Mestis	JYP-Akatemia	3	0	1	1	29
2016-17	17		WJC-20	Finland U20	6	1	0	1	4
2016-17	17		Champions HL	JYP	5	0	1	1	4									Playoffs	14	0	3	3	0
2016-17	17		Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Finland U18	4	0	1	1	2
2016-17	17		Liiga	JYP	41	2	4	6	12									Playoffs	14	0	3	3	0
2015-16	16		Champions HL	Kiekko-Espoo	2	0	1	1	2
2015-16	16		Liiga	Kiekko-Espoo	25	1	5	6	8
2015-16	16		International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	2	0	0	0	0
2015-16	16		WJC-18	Finland U18	7	1	2	3	6
2015-16	16		Champions HL	Blues	2	0	1	1	2
2015-16	16		Liiga	Blues	25	1	5	6	8
2015-16	16		WHC-17	Finland U17	5	0	0	0	6
2015-16	16		U20 SM-sarja	Kiekko-Espoo U20	18	2	11	13	8									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2014-15	15		U18 SM-sarja	Kiekko-Espoo U18	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2014-15	15		EYOF	Finland U17	3	0	1	1	0
2014-15	15		WHC-17	Finland U17	6	0	1	1	2
2014-15	15		International-Jr	Finland U17 (all)	19	1	6	7	10
2014-15	15		U20 SM-sarja	Kiekko-Espoo U20	30	4	8	12	34									Playoffs	9	2	0	2	0
2014-15	15		JCWC	Kiekko-Espoo U20	5	1	0	1	6									Playoffs	9	2	0	2	0
2013-14	14		U18 SM-sarja	Kiekko-Espoo U18	41	8	25	33	48									Playoffs	5	0	3	3	0
2013-14	14		U16 SM-sarja	Kiekko-Espoo U16	6	4	6	10	10									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2013-14	14		U16 SM-sarja Q	Kiekko-Espoo U16	1	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2012-13	13		U18 SM-sarja	Jokipojat U18	9	1	4	5	4
2012-13	13		U18 Mestis	Jokipojat U18	13	3	9	12	52
2012-13	13		U16 SM-sarja	Jokipojat U16	15	5	14	19	16
2012-13	13		U16 SM-sarja Q	Jokipojat U16	5	4	2	6	0
2011-12	12		QC Int PW	Finland Selects U13	2	1	2	3	2
2011-12	12		U16 I-divisioona	Jokipojat U16	1	0	0	0	2									Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0
NHL Totals					187	3	37	40
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Mar

Vaakanainen, Urho

2yrs

$1,550,000

Cap Hit

12/6

2024

Trouba, Jacob

Vaakanainen, Urho 2025 Round 4

07/1

2024

Vaakanainen, Urho

1yr

$1,100,000

Cap Hit

07/22

2022

Vaakanainen, Urho

2yrs

$850,000

Cap Hit

03/19

2022

Vaakanainen, Urho

+4 more...

Curran, Kodie Lindholm, Hampus

Transactions & Updates

Apr

Vaakanainen, Urho

Vaakanainen registered two assists, two shots on goal and two blocked shots in Wednesday's 8-5 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Mar

Vaakanainen, Urho

Vaakanainen notched two assists and went plus-2 in Saturday's 6-1 win over the San Jose Sharks.

Mar

Vaakanainen, Urho

Vaakanainen notched an assist in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Calgary Flames.

Feb

Vaakanainen, Urho

Vaakanainen recorded a goal and two assists in Tuesday's 5-1 win over the New York Islanders.

Feb

Vaakanainen, Urho

Vaakanainen scored a goal in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

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Contract History

2024-2025 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,100,000$1.10M

cap hit$1,100,000$1.10M

expiry 2025 RFA age 26

Signed On Jul 1 2024

Signing Agent Mika Rautakallio

Signed By

Signing GM Pat Verbeek

% Cap Contract Start 1.25%

Signing Status UFA no QOage 25

Qualifying Offer $1,100,000$1.10M

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$1,100,000$1.10M	RFAage 26
AAV	$1,100,000$1.10M
Base	$1,100,000$1.10M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$1,100,000$1.10M
Minors Salary	$1,100,000$1.10M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2022-2024 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,700,000$1.70M

cap hit$850,000$850K

expiry 2024 UFA no QO age 25

Signed On Jul 22 2022

Signing Agent Mika Rautakallio

Signed By

Signing GM Pat Verbeek

% Cap Contract Start 1.03%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K	UFA no QOage 25
AAV	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Base	$800,000$800K	$900,000$900K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$800,000$800K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$800,000$800K	$900,000$900K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2018-2022 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,682,501$2.68M

cap hit$894,167$894K

expiry 2022 RFA age 23

Signed On Jun 13 2018

Signing Agent Mika Rautakallio

Signed By

Signing GM Don Sweeney

% Cap Contract Start 1.16%

Signing Status age 19

Qualifying Offer $874,125$874K

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	RFAage 23
AAV	$1,333,333$1.33M	$1,302,500$1.30M	$1,302,500$1.30M	$1,302,500$1.30M
Base	-	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	$300,000$300K	$425,000$425K	$500,000$500K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-
Total Salary	$92,500$93K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$832,500$833K
Minors Salary	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
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