Herberts Vasiljevs Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) Phew Jake makes the team. Wonder what role he'll be playing in to start. I couldn't watch the game because of my last exam, but I heard he was excellent with Crouse and Gauthier. Crouse and Virtanen provide excellent size and speed on the wings. That's a match made in heaven, especially given that this tourney will be played on smaller ice. Good luck to whoever has to match up against that line! EDIT: (if they play together to start the tourney). Edited December 20, 2014 by Herberts Vasiljevs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks1219 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Phew Jake makes the team. Wonder what role he'll be playing in to start. Right wing options: Duclair, Lazar, Point, Virtanen. He will be a bottom 6 to start, for sure. so Virtanen>MDC Using CDC logic? Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Virtanen has a better shot to be a third liner than Point IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herberts Vasiljevs Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I'd put money on Virtanen starting in a bottom-6 role, but I'm totally fine with that. The thought of Crouse and Virtanen as a wing pairing is making me.... you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks1219 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Virtanen has a better shot to be a third liner than Point IMO. Especially after Point's game today. He got PP time, played in the top-6, and even took some of Virtanen's shifts (once in the first and a couple in the second). Yet he was still very quiet. I'd put money on Virtanen starting in a bottom-6 role, but I'm totally fine with that. The thought of Crouse and Virtanen as a wing pairing is making me.... you know. Like I mentioned on the last page, I just don't see him doing enough to surpass Duclair or Lazar on the RW depth chart... to start, at least. I would say it's a bottom-6 battle between Virtanen and Point, though Jake did have a good game alongside Crouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Him being in the bottom 6 is fine. This is a pretty stacked team, and lets not forget who's in the top 6. Four 19 year olds and McDavid. If he's gonna beat out anyone for a top 6 role, it would be Fabbri on his off wing IMO. But if not there's nothing wrong with that. He should get a shot in a bigger role next year, and it's still better than not making it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2SKATES1STICK Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 mdc has an attitude problem. jake is coachable, eager, and hungry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks1219 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Him being in the bottom 6 is fine. This is a pretty stacked team, and lets not forget who's in the top 6. Four 19 year olds and McDavid. If he's gonna beat out anyone for a top 6 role, it would be Fabbri on his off wing IMO. But if not there's nothing wrong with that. He should get a shot in a bigger role next year, and it's still better than not making it at all. Absolutely. It would have been great to see him play top 6 but this just means we have a very talented group this year. I don't see one of their rare right-shooting RWers moving away from that wing so I see Virtanen in the bottom 6 the whole tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdatb Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 MDC and Fleury shouldn't have been cut. Stupid decisions by team Canada. Ritchie should have been cut for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Hellfish Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 MDC and Fleury shouldn't have been cut. Stupid decisions by team Canada. Ritchie should have been cut for sure The picks before and after Jake. Crazy that two top 10 picks get cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.I.A.H.N Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Now I am not making player comparisons but we had .......Bert/Morrison/Naslund So why wouldn't hockey Canada go with xxxxx/McDavid/Virtanen.........not saying it going to happen, but Virtanen needs someone who can get him the puck and he will carry it in, having McDavid and ??? move it around would give TC one very dangerous line........ I guess what I am saying is I would not be suprised if Jake didn't end up there.......has he ever played with a really, really, really good center? Anyways, then I wake up and turn off the TV.....LOL It sure will be interesting!....Sure nice to have a Canuck on team Canada......anyone know how our other prospects are doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanBeef Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) Yea but I think he's a bit redundant on the team with smaller skilled guys in Fabbri, Domi, and Petan.what did i tell ya Edit: missed this The coach agreed with you. Edited December 20, 2014 by LeanBeef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanBeef Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 MDC and Fleury shouldn't have been cut. Stupid decisions by team Canada. Ritchie should have been cut for sure Ritchie was much more effective in the summer games, super series, and this game. Don't know whats with all the Ritchie hate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Wow, MDC gets cut... That's crazy. Congrats to Virtanen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 The picks before and after Jake. Crazy that two top 10 picks get cut. Two top ten picks in a weak draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 mdc has an attitude problem. jake is coachable, eager, and hungry Good to see Virtanen on the team. TSN has him as 4RW, but just making the team is good. Right now he is looking like a good pick. MDC was picked ahead of him, and there was a lot of talk about maybe picking Perlini, Ritchie, Nylander, Ehlers and Fleury. But right now Virtanen looks like the best of that group. Eckblad and Reinhart still look like the class of the draft and Draisaitl looks like the real deal. But we have to be happy about Virtanen. I still think it is too bad that the Canucks did not make Horvat available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MoneypuckOverlord Posted December 20, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2014 Virtannen had a very solid game. He was strong on the puck, he was Canada's best player in the 1st, he was physical he was mean and nasty. He was strong on the puck, and he moved the puck around very well actually. Whenever there was a Virtannen shift the play is on the other end. Jim Benning knew what he was doing when we Selected Jake Virtannen of New Westminister B.C with the 6th pick. I don't care how many points Nylander puts up, we made the right pick. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dasein Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Good to see Virtanen on the team. TSN has him as 4RW, but just making the team is good. Right now he is looking like a good pick. MDC was picked ahead of him, and there was a lot of talk about maybe picking Perlini, Ritchie, Nylander, Ehlers and Fleury. But right now Virtanen looks like the best of that group. Eckblad and Reinhart still look like the class of the draft and Draisaitl looks like the real deal. But we have to be happy about Virtanen. I still think it is too bad that the Canucks did not make Horvat available. Don't forget Sam Bennett on the IR. He looked amazing in preseason (even though it's just preseason). 100% would have made this team if healthy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeydew Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Anyone have a clip of where Virtanen bowled over that Russian kid on the boards? Was watching high lights on TSN and wowzors did he just ran the kid over like a truck hitting a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absent Canuck Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 This is really good news . If Jake gets to play with Mc David it could open him up to possibilities he never saw before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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