Why exaclty are we faced with the ultimatum of him becoming an all-star or us "cutting bait"? I get that his career thus far has been disappointing when you consider his draft position, but hes still a very useful player. You talk about it like hes commanding a 6 million dollar salary and if hes not scoring 40 goals he's useless. He's young, fast, cheap, hits hard sometimes, responsible with the puck and still has potential to become better. Look at every single cup roster and you'll find players who scored around 30 pts in the bottom 6.
This team still has some issues, virtanen isn't one of them at the moment.