You need passing/vision/hockeyIQ skillllls to be able to pass. It's easy to say dish the puck. He did dish the puck today, just it was almost always to the wrong spot. Virtanen was drafted high because of his athletic abilities and hard shot. Not passing skills.
At the draft scouts talked about Virtanen being a power player with "a lack of creativity."
On a side note. To the people opposed to tanking. Look at the draft when we took Virtanen.
1. Aaron Ekblad
2. Sam Reinhart
3. Leon Draisaitl
4. Sam Bennett
5. Michael Dal Colle
6. Jake Virtanen