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good win boys. jake has 13g now plus playing a 200 ft game eat it haters hes far from a bust hes gonna pot 30-40 next yr and be a beast this yr in playoffs
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As much as I have stood behind the Virtanen pick and continuing to develop him, thinking he's ever going to be a 30-40 goal scorer is a joke. Jake just doesn't have the toolbox to score at that pace. I honestly think he'll be an excellent depth player for us for a long time, but pretending he's ever going to score that many goals in a year is out of touch with reality.
For the record, I hope Jake proves me wrong. I'd be so extremely happy to say you were right. I just don't see a world in which that occurs.
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@Tystick - Sure, but statistically he's already overachieving and we'll likely see regression in the latter half of the season. I anticipate he will break 20 this year, but not by much. You also have to consider his age and that he's likely already at his peak. Now even if you given him an extra year or two for the old "power forwards take longer to develop" mantra, odds are that he still doesn't reach 30. Now granted, there are always outliers to stats and I sincerely hope that Jake proves me and the stats wrong and continues to develop and pots 30-40 next year, or any year, but you're probably about as lucky to win the 50/50 at the Canucks game as you are to see Jake pot 30-40 goals in a campaign.
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