Hockey is a business. Team owners and general managers are consistently trying to do what’s best for their team and make ...

Somehow in the middle of both deals, they played a game that night, beating the Penguins 4-2 at Madison Square Garden, and turning a new page in welcoming former Duck Urho Vaakanainen to the mess ...

Urho Vaakanainen of the Rangers skates against Morgan Geekie of the Bruins during the second period at TD Garden on Feb. 1, 2025, in Boston. Getty Images Explore More ...

In a three-month span, the Blueshirts went from only have two regular defensemen under contract for next season to five.

After making a pair of moves Thursday, the New York Rangers turned their attention to signing Urho Vaakanainen to a two-year, ...

Regardless, Urho Vaakanainen, who had been a healthy scratch the previous three games, was reinstalled in the lineup for Friday night’s 5-4 overtime loss to the Ducks, the team from which he was ...

ANAHEIM — Ducks defenseman Urho Vaakanainen was stretchered off the ice after crashing hard into the end boards in the first period of a preseason game between the Ducks and the San Jose Sharks ...

Vaakanainen Could Play a Bigger Role With the Rangers The Rangers recently signed right-handed defenseman Will Borgen to a five-season, $20.5 million extension but left-handed defenseman Ryan ...

ANAHEIM — Urho Vaakanainen was cleared to play Tuesday against the Dallas Stars. He was paired with veteran defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk for his Ducks debut after he was acquired before the ...

Five games into Urho Vaakanainen’s latest call-up, he is finally showing the Bruins that maybe they weren’t guilty of a reach when they chose him 18th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.

Urho Vaakanainen is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenseman who plays for the New York Rangers in the NHL as of 2025. Born on January 1, 1999, in Joensuu, Finland, he was drafted 18th overall ...

Zac Jones will take Urho Vaakanainen's spot for the Rangers on Wednesday night against the Bruins. Urho Vaakanainen will be out for the New York Rangers’ Wednesday night game against the Boston ...