What I am saying is that it doesn't matter if JV plays like Gretzky or Sestito in the next two games. The tournament is nothing to base a players future on. I am basing JV's potential on the way he plays with a team that is giving him a shot to succeed and excel. He had 45 goals last year and that was with an injury. I hust fell that if say Ehler's game doesn't transfer into the NHL and both Virtanen and he don't become Top-6 players, Virtanen will be an NHLer and Ehler's will probably be playing in Europe.
And as for JV panning out, that's is just me as a fan of him and this team being optimistic. For our scale, I suggest you watch Sweden play and see how much does Nylander hold the puck on the PP and how he got all seven of his assists. Now, consider that Virtanen has played on three different lines playing three different ways and having no time to build chemistry.