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Why would that be a bad thing? Virtanen is never going to be a PP QB - he's the trigger man

That's like saying Vrbata should be on the 2nd unit because everything on the 1st unit goes through Henrik Sedin...

Yup, if they wanted him to be a PP QB, they would have been better to just pick up Nylander.

But as far as this hypothetical re-draft is concerned, don't forget if players like Pasternak hadn't been drafted they wouldn't have come to the AHL/NHL. Their season this year might have been very different considering. Players like Nylander and Pasternak may still have come over - possibly to junior though - but the situations would have most likely been a continuation of their previous year.

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Fall: Haydn Fleury. Huge drops in production, for an offensive dman go from 46 points in his draft year down to 28 is alarming.

Especially when the quality of his teammates actually improved and he was the only downtrending player - going from 46 to 28 is alarming, but the fact that he also went from 3rd to 9th in team scoring makes it even more concerning

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Why would that be a bad thing? Virtanen is never going to be a PP QB - he's the trigger man

That's like saying Vrbata should be on the 2nd unit because everything on the 1st unit goes through Henrik Sedin...

Because Tambellini doesn't bother trying to get the puck to Virtanen. Obviously Virtanen isn't a set-up man, but if he's not getting the puck in a position to score, he's relatively ineffective.

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I can honestly see Jake turning into an Alex Burrows (in his prime) type player. People are going to rip on this for the comparison, but we'd be lucky if he turned into a top 6 guy when put with the right linemates. Obviously he throws the body around more, but he's an absolute pest and is in the box basically every game. Hopefully he can put up 30+ goals like burrows did, but more consistently. Theyre both fast and like to shoot though (virtanen a lot harder)

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Virtanen's also a lot faster

Burr is not a clean skater nor is he that "fast" - he just skates better than the Sedins so he looks good on that line

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I can honestly see Jake turning into an Alex Burrows (in his prime) type player. People are going to rip on this for the comparison, but we'd be lucky if he turned into a top 6 guy when put with the right linemates. Obviously he throws the body around more, but he's an absolute pest and is in the box basically every game. Hopefully he can put up 30+ goals like burrows did, but more consistently. Theyre both fast and like to shoot though (virtanen a lot harder)

That phrase right there says everything about Jake for me. You really aren't going to know how good he can be until he is surrounded by players and coaches that make him better.

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