Gotta put my two cents in here. I probably already have but what the heck, I'm not searching through 794 pages of posts to find it. First off the hockey powers that be picked Virtanen, nuff said there. They obviously scouted the kid, had pre draft interviews with him and his family. So there is something about the kid they like. I'm rather curious though of Jakes numbers in the few games he had this year how they stack up against Gaunce or Chaput or Skille for that matter. From what I've seen of the kid, yeah he's a little off on his scoring game, lets face it he's no Connor Jesus Christ McDavid. The few games I did see he tried to be a physical presence, sometimes not entirely with success. He's a big kid, slotted to be a power forward. We all know power forwards do take time to develop. Most of that development comes from actual ice time in the NHL ... With that in mind why is he down in the minors when we have guys like Chaput, Gaunce Skille in the line up? Just asking....
