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Aatu Räty
Aatu Räty
	Räty at the 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Born	14 November 2002 (age 22); Oulunsalo, Finland
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
NHL team; Former teams	Vancouver Canucks; Kärpät; Jukurit; New York Islanders
NHL draft	52nd overall, 2021; New York Islanders
Playing career	2019–present

Aatu Räty (Finnish: [ˈɑːtu ˈræty]) (born 14 November 2002) is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).^[1] He was selected 52nd overall in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders.

Playing career

Räty made his Liiga debut at age 16 and scored his first professional goal in the same game.^[2] Räty was considered a top prospect in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.^[1]^[3] The presumptive first overall pick before the start of the season, Räty fell in draft rankings after what scouts viewed as a difficult season playing for Oulun Kärpät, scoring just six points in 35 games.^[4]^[5]

On 14 August 2021, the New York Islanders announced that they had signed Räty to a three-year, entry-level contract.^[6]^[7] Räty was assigned to the Bridgeport Islanders of the American Hockey League (AHL) on 19 April 2022, after his team's, Jukurit, 2021–22 Liiga season ended with elimination in the playoffs.^[8]

In the 2022–23 season, Räty was initially re-assigned to continue his tenure in the AHL with Bridgeport before he was recalled on 23 December 2022, and made his NHL debut for the New York Islanders, scoring his first career NHL goal against the Florida Panthers in a 5–1 win.^[9]^[10]

Following 12 games with the Islanders, posting 2 goals, Räty was traded with Anthony Beauvillier and a conditional first-round pick in 2023 to the Vancouver Canucks on 30 January 2023, as part of a multi-player deal that sent Bo Horvat to the Islanders.^[11]

Personal life

Räty's brother, Aku, was drafted in the fifth round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft by the Arizona Coyotes.^[12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2018–19	Kärpät	Jr. A	41	17	14	31	26	10	4	8	12	0
2019–20	Kärpät	Jr. A	30	2	19	21	28	1	0	0	0	0
2019–20	Kärpät	Liiga	12	2	2	4	2	—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	Kärpät	Jr. A	8	3	4	7	2	—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	Kärpät	Liiga	35	3	3	6	18	3	0	0	0	0
2021–22	Kärpät	Liiga	6	0	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Jukurit	Liiga	41	13	27	40	32	7	0	2	2	34
2021–22	Bridgeport Islanders	AHL	2	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	4	6
2022–23	Bridgeport Islanders	AHL	27	7	8	15	12	—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	New York Islanders	NHL	12	2	0	2	4	—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	Abbotsford Canucks	AHL	25	2	10	12	6	3	1	0	1	2
2022–23	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	3	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
2023–24	Abbotsford Canucks	AHL	72	18	34	52	18	6	2	2	4	2
Liiga totals			94	18	33	51	54	10	0	2	2	34
NHL totals			15	2	1	3	4	—	—	—	—	—