WetcoastOrca
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A year after Virtanen was drafted a number of people said that if he could turn into a 20 goal 20 assist third line player who played physically with decent defensive play that he'd be a useful player for the team.
Right now he is on pace for 19 goals and 42 points and has seen his production improve since he's been on a line with Rousell and Gaudette. Of course that line has only played together for two games and it appears so far that Rousell is the main catalyst for its success but on paper it looks like a fast physical line that could work well. So far he has also played fairly well defensively and the point total has been with only limited PP time.
But we've also seen in the past Virtanen go through stretches before where he plays well and then disappears. What are people's thoughts on Jake. Is he finally becoming the player people hoped he would be? Or is this just another good stretch?
Right now he is on pace for 19 goals and 42 points and has seen his production improve since he's been on a line with Rousell and Gaudette. Of course that line has only played together for two games and it appears so far that Rousell is the main catalyst for its success but on paper it looks like a fast physical line that could work well. So far he has also played fairly well defensively and the point total has been with only limited PP time.
But we've also seen in the past Virtanen go through stretches before where he plays well and then disappears. What are people's thoughts on Jake. Is he finally becoming the player people hoped he would be? Or is this just another good stretch?