Victor Rask

Victor Rask

31-Year-Old CenterC
 Free Agent  
Free Agent
2024 Fantasy Outlook
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$Signed with European team HC Fribourg-Gotteron-Switzerland in October of 2022.
Released from PTO
CFree Agent
October 5, 2022
The Blue Jackets released Rask from his professional tryout offer Wednesday.
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Rask picked up nine goals and 21 points through 47 games split between Minnesota and Seattle last season, so although he's been cut by Columbus, a few NHL teams may express interest in signing him once injuries begin to arise.
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Rask was better in his second full season in Minnesota in 2020-21 (10 goals, 23 points in 54 games) than his first (5 goals, 13 points in 43 games), but it was an admittedly low bar. Rask has lacked consistency since being drafted in the second round by Carolina back in 2011. The most baffling part of all is trying to figure out why Rask's shots on goal have decreased so significantly of late. This is a player that posted no fewer than 162 shots on goal in each of his first three NHL seasons. Over Rask's last 146 regular-season games (three campaigns), he has exactly 146 shots on goal. To summarize, Rask's shot numbers have decreased by basically half during the past three years. At this point, there's no real reason to expect a turnaround given the fact Rask plays a depth role on a middling team. There's minimal fantasy value here.
Rask continued to struggle in his first full year with the Wild, posting just 13 points in 43 contests in 2019-20. A two-time 45-point player, Rask has missed the 40-point mark in each of his last three seasons. The Swede missed time last year both due to injuries and as a healthy scratch, and he's failed to cement a job for himself heading into 2020-21. Gerald Mayhew and Nico Sturm are both natural centers that could challenge Rask for a starting job next year -- the uncertainty surrounding his role makes Rask a no-go for most fantasy managers.
The 26-year-old was a huge disappointment with Carolina before he was traded to the Wild in early February. He was even scratched in his time with Minnesota, skating in 49 games while only producing three goals and nine points in that span. Rask is entering the fourth year of the six-year, $24 million contract he signed in 2016, and he hasn't lived up to that kind of salary to this point in his career. Barring a huge turnaround, Rask shouldn't be on any fantasy radars for the 2019-20 season and might find himself elsewhere before season's end.
Rask's 2017-18 season was nothing short of a colossal disappointment. After coming tantalizingly close to the 50-point plateau the previous two seasons (with 45 and 48 points, respectively), Rask finished with just 31 points in 71 games - the worst output of his career. Once pegged as a potential No.1 center for the Canes, Rask played mostly on the third and fourth lines last season, and even sat as a healthy scratch for two games in November. Unfortunately, his production never really improved following the benching, although he did have 11 points in 17 games before missing the final seven games of the season with a shoulder injury. Rask will miss several months after lacerating two fingers in a kitchen accident in training camp, but will eventually aim to get his career back on track following an organizational shakeup at the end of last season that resulted in new ownership, a new GM (Don Waddell) and a new head coach (Rod Brind'Amour).
After signing a six-year, $24 million contract last July and being named one of the Hurricanes’ alternate captains, Rask looked like he was going to be a leader on the ice after opening the season with 15 points in his first 17 games. However, he was wildly inconsistent after that, scoring just eight goals over his last 65 games. He went pointless during one 14-game stretch from mid-January to mid-February and finished the season with just 45 points and a minus-10 rating. At just 24 years old, there is still plenty of time for Rask to establish himself as a legitimate top-six player in the NHL, but he needs to develop more consistency on a nightly basis. Cracking the 50-point plateau would be an important first step.
Rask took a big step up in his second NHL season, tallying 48 points (21 goals, 27 assists) in 80 appearances, a 15-point spike over his rookie campaign. Primarily splitting time between the second and third lines last season, the 23-year-old Swede should be back in the mix for a top-six role. Specifically, he is a leading candidate to center the Canes’ second line in the absence of longtime captain Eric Staal, who was traded to the Rangers in February and subsequently signed with Minnesota in the offseason. Rask did have minor shoulder surgery in May, but the Hurricanes expect him to be healthy prior to the start of the upcoming campaign. Having signed a six-year, $24 million contract in July, the young pivot will be a building block of the franchise for years to come.
Expectations were high right out of the gate for Rask last year, as he was tabbed early on by GM Ron Francis as one of the rookies who was expected to make the team out of training camp. In fact, not only did Rask secure himself a roster spot following a strong preseason, but he was bumped up to center the team’s first line after Jordan Staal opened the season on IR with a broken leg. Overall, Rask enjoyed a very productive rookie season, finishing the year with 33 points in 80 games. This upcoming season, Rask is expected to return to his role as the team’s second-line center alongside Nathan Gerbe and Chris Terry.
A former second-round pick by the Hurricanes in 2011, Rask, 21, seems to be on the cusp of an arrival to the parent club. The 21-year-old supplied 16 goals and 23 assists over 76 games with AHL Charlotte last season, his second in the minors. After an impressive showing in the annual prospects tournament in Traverse City, Mich. in September, Rask will be given the opportunity to earn a roster spot with the ‘Canes out of training camp. He’ll face some stiff competition for the spot, and would more than likely be relegated to a third- or fourth-line role in his rookie season, if he makes the squad.
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Inks PTO with Columbus
CColumbus Blue Jackets  Foreign
September 14, 2022
Rask signed a professional tryout agreement with the Blue Jackets on Wednesday, per CapFriendly.
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Pending free agent
CSeattle Kraken  Foreign
May 17, 2022
Rask posted 21 points in 47 games between the Wild and the Kraken in 2021-22.
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Fills empty cage
CSeattle Kraken  Foreign
April 29, 2022
Rask scored an empty-net goal on two shots in Friday's 3-0 win over the Sharks.
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On four-game point streak
CSeattle Kraken  Foreign
April 20, 2022
Rask notched an assist in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Avalanche.
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One of each in win
CSeattle Kraken  Foreign
April 18, 2022
Rask scored a goal on three shots and added a power-play assist in Monday's 4-2 win over the Senators.
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On trade block
CMinnesota Wild  Foreign
November 16, 2021
Rask is being shopped around by the Wild, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.
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Rask has fallen out of favor, playing in just two of the Wild's last nine games with the team's forwards at full health. He's logged just one goal in seven appearances this season. The 28-year-old is a solid defensive forward, but he hasn't exceeded 30 points in the last three campaigns, so he'd likely only be able to see bottom-six minutes with a new team if he gets traded.
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