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17 minutes ago, oldnews said:

Bertuzzi sucked for the most part until age 24.  New York didn't worry about him turning into one of those guys - he was a practical throw in in the deal that brought him here.

 

And he was a worse player without the puck than Virtanen is  well into his mid 30s.  

Downright awful.

 

Btw - I love Bertuzzi lol (and always did, but...truth is truth)

 

 

New York gave up on Bertuzzi at age 22.  Yes by 24 he became a stud.  Virtanen is already 24, turning 25 in the summer.  Bertuzzi didn’t need to have too much of a defensive game as he played with 2 defensively responsible players.  His job was to play as a true power forward and use his size and physicality to change the pace of the game.  He did his job very well.  Virtanen has similar tools to Bertuzzi but for whatever reason has not used them to his advantage up to this point.  

 

I would say at age 25 it doesn’t look good for Virtanen being anything more than a 3rd line winger...

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