DefenseRetired·Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Ossi Vaananen

Born August 18, 1980 · Vantaa, FIN

Draft 1998 · PHX round 2 #43

PTS

Career

13G 55A 68P

Bio

Position: Defense
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 215 lb
Shoots: L
Number: #5

Drafted 1998 by PHX · Round 2, #43 overall

63OVR

Fringe

Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Production30

Points per game vs. elite D ceiling

Playmaking37

Assists per game vs. elite D

Deployment0

Average ice time per game

Power Play0

Power play points per game

Skating0

Skating speed and stamina

Shot Gen.0

Shots on goal per game

Season projections

49 GP played · paced to 82 GP

Proj. Goals

at 82 GP

Proj. Assists

at 82 GP

Proj. Points

at 82 GP

Proj. Shots

at 82 GP

Proj. PPG

at 82 GP

Proj. PPP

at 82 GP

Points/Game

0.22

current rate

Goals/Game

0.02

current rate

TOI/Game

—

avg ice time

Shooting %

5.0%

current season

Points/game trend (last 5 seasons)

0.10

2011–12

0.25

2012–13

0.40

2012–13

0.11

2013–14

0.14

2014–15

Recent games

GS = Luszczyszyn game score · 5-game avg 0.09

Click date for box score · opponent for team

Date	Opp	S	+/-	GS
2009-05-07	CHI	0	-1	-0.15
2009-05-05	CHI	0	0	0.00
2009-04-21	STL	0	1	0.15
2009-04-11	COL	1	0	0.08
2009-03-26	STL	1	2	0.38

Tendencies

Full profile

Archetype

Bottom-six contributor

Source: NHL API (volume only)

Sample: 49 GP · confidence 50%

Limited view. Scores below are volume-only production indices, not population percentiles. Connect a warehouse with on-ice 5v5 data to see true possession, chance-creation, and zone-deployment percentiles.

Goal-scoring index0.02 · 3 index
Volume-only: goals per game from NHL API. Not adjusted for ice time, deployment, or quality of competition.
Playmaking index0.20 · 27 index
Volume-only: assists per game from NHL API. Not on-ice; doesn't separate primary vs secondary.
Point-production index0.22 · 18 index
Volume-only: points per game from NHL API. Treat as a star-power proxy, not a process measure.

Career totals (regular season)

Games: 479
Goals: 13
Assists: 55
Points: 68
+/-: 26
PIM: 482
Shots: 290

Career totals (playoffs)

Games: 20
Goals: 0
Assists: 1
Points: 1
+/-: 3
PIM: 26
Shots: 9

Season history

NHL regular season · click team for franchise profile

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-
2015–16	Jokerit	6	0	0	0	0
2014–15	Jokerit	44	0	6	6
2013–14	Jokerit	44	1	4	5
2013–14	Finland	6	0	2	2	3
2012–13	Jokerit	53	2	11	13
2012–13	Finland	10	1	3	4	1
2011–12	Jokerit	57	5	16	21
2011–12	Finland	10	0	1	1	1
2010–11	Jokerit	60	2	11	13
2010–11	Finland	9	0	0	0	3
2009–10	Dynamo Minsk	52	0	6	6
2008–09	Philadelphia Flyers	46	1	9	10	7
2008–09	Vancouver Canucks	3	0	1	1	1
2007–08	Djurgarden	45	7	8	15
2007–08	Finland	9	0	1	1
2006–07	Colorado Avalanche	74	2	6	8	6
2005–06	Colorado Avalanche	53	0	4	4	10
2004–05	Jokerit	28	2	2	4
2004–05	Finland	7	0	1	1
2003–04	Phoenix Coyotes	67	2	4	6	-10
2003–04	Colorado Avalanche	12	0	0	0	-4
2003–04	Finland	4	1	2	3
2002–03	Phoenix Coyotes	67	2	7	9	1
2002–03	Finland	7	0	4	4
2001–02	Phoenix Coyotes	76	2	12	14	6
2001–02	Finland	2	0	1	1
2000–01	Phoenix Coyotes	81	4	12	16	9
2000–01	Finland	9	0	2	2
1999–00	Jokerit	49	1	6	7
1999–00	Finland	7	0	0	0
1998–99	Finland	6	0	2	2
1998–99	Jokerit Jr.	12	1	6	7
1998–99	Jokerit	48	0	1	1
1998–99	Jokerit	5	0	0	0
1997–98	Jokerit U18	7	3	3	6
1997–98	Jokerit Jr.	31	0	6	6
1997–98	Finland	6	0	0	0
1996–97	Jokerit U18	18	1	2	3
1996–97	Jokerit Jr.	1	0	0	0
1995–96	Jokerit U18	8	0	0	0
1994–95	Jokerit U16	23	0	1	1	0