PTO: [EDM] F Jake Virtanen signs PTO with the Oilers (released)

[CantHaveTkachev]

If any Flame was involved I would want them punted off the roster yesterday.

how are you still a Flames fan when Sutter brought in Bertuzzi?

 

[thaman8765678]

how are you still a Flames fan when Sutter brought in Bertuzzi?

I'm sorry, did Bertuzzi rape someone? Not the same thing.

 

[LMFAO]

He will fit in with Katz, Kane and the rest of the assaulters.

Imagine actually being an Oilers fan and supporting this.

100% sure your team as an assaulter too, you just don’t know who it is (yet)

 

[tom leafers]

Now to trade for Logan Mailloux and you have the hat trick

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I'm sorry, did Bertuzzi rape someone? Not the same thing.

He paralyzed a dude. Dennis Wideman openly assaulted an official.

Don't try to paint the Flames as some bastion of purity.

And then there's Theo Fleury...

 

[nowhereman]

Why do this? Virtanen has had so many opportunities in his career and has proven that he is nothing more than a disappointment. The benefits of a signing like this are significantly outweighed by the negatives. We'll never know for sure whether or not he actually was guilty of the crime he was accused of but why even take the risk, if there's any doubt? A pretty moronic move by Oilers management.

 

[thaman8765678]

He paralyzed a dude. Dennis Wideman openly assaulted an official.

Don't try to paint the Flames as some bastion of purity.

And then there's Theo Fleury...

It's quite a reach to compare a stupid on ice incident to rape.

 

[HabsQC]

Perfect guy to meet the veteran expectation of the pre-season calendar and then not give him a contract

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Jake’s a fitness freak and has a high hockey IQ. Think of Gary Roberts but on more of a strict junk food diet without the exercise part. He should be able to step right in and contribute.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I'm sorry, did Bertuzzi rape someone? Not the same thing.

so you're cool with assault then

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

It's quite a reach to compare a stupid on ice incident to rape.

You're acting as if the Flames have never in their history ever had players that did things wrong. I'm not saying what Virtanen did was okay, but you're acting as if your organization is clean as a whistle.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Why do this? Virtanen has had so many opportunities in his career and has proven that he is nothing more than a disappointment. The benefits of a signing like this are significantly outweighed by the negatives. We'll never know for sure whether or not he actually was guilty of the crime he was accused of but why even take the risk, if there's any doubt? A pretty moronic move by Oilers management.

its a PTO. The odds of making the team are against him and he'll just be a warm body in camp. As to the court stuff, he was found not guilty, you can't hold that over his head forever, if he was found guilty its whole different story.

 

[ratbid]

Why do this? Virtanen has had so many opportunities in his career and has proven that he is nothing more than a disappointment. The benefits of a signing like this are significantly outweighed by the negatives. We'll never know for sure whether or not he actually was guilty of the crime he was accused of but why even take the risk, if there's any doubt? A pretty moronic move by Oilers management.

I think that's why other teams avoided it, but at this point the Oilers grabbed Kane and he had a great season, and so far has behaved himself (I have no faith it will continue but still).

Its a PTO, so they probably figured why not try. I suspect his fitness will keep him off the team though past the PTO, and he will disappear after that.

 

[CupofOil]

He will fit in with Katz, Kane and the rest of the assaulters.

Imagine actually being an Oilers fan and supporting this.

Imagine being a Flames fan and...being a Flames fan?

 

[BlueDream]

so you're cool with assault then

Well yeah assaulting men is fine. He's just a hardcore woman respecter!

 

[blue_n_copper]

Hate to break it to you but your team has been around for 50 years so I assure you they have, whether you know it or not.

Neil Sheehy would be a good example.

 

[Mobiandi]

An audition for topline RW. Best of luck to the new Ty Rattie

 

[Face Of Bear]

Finally found the winger McDavid needs

 

[thaman8765678]

so you're cool with assault then

I didn't support the Flames the Bertuzzi years until he left the team. So yes I would stop supporting the Flames if they signed Kane and Virtanen until they left.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Neil Sheehy would be a good example.

The Flames want to distance themselves from Fleury so, soooo bad.

 

[EpochLink]

Guy has never shown any consistency.
Say what you want about Evander Kane but the hockey player, he’s been consistent. Virtanen just thinking about woman, henny and the caine.

Guy should be running a Subway joint in Abbotsford.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I didn't support the Flames the Bertuzzi years until he left the team. So yes I would stop supporting the Flames if they signed Kane and Virtanen until they left.

amazing moral standards you have...you deserve a virtue signaling medal
btw, Virtannen is on a PTO and probably won't win a job

 

[Seachd]

I'm sorry, did Bertuzzi rape someone? Not the same thing.

Sorry, when were the three you mentioned convicted of rape?

You don’t actually dislike these guys for what we know they did, you dislike them because you assigned them a label that isn’t based on facts.

That, and you’re getting seriously confused about the allegations in the first place, especially regarding Katz.

 

[McDoused]

We won the sweepstakes!

Just hand us the cup already.

 

[Jacob]

Unlike Kane the positives don't seem like they'll outweigh the negatives. What's he on a good day, an adequate 4th liner on a good team? And it doesn't even look like he played that well in the KHL.