What bugs me about Virtanen (aside from people calling him tough, which I think is not correct) is that his production in playoffs and important games has been pretty meh.
Lots of posters write this off to injury or illness (now has to have shoulder surgery), but these they right off as minor... so people write this all off to bad luck.
World Under 18's he had a promising start and finished 3 goals/6 points in 7 games... which is meh. Doesn't scream top 10 pick to me.
There was a comparison to Anthony Mantha in the other thread...
Difference I see is that Mantha has 31 goals and 45 points in 35 playoff games... Virtanen has 3 goals and 10 points in 26 playoff games. Mantha also had 5 goals and 11 points in 7 world under 20 games (though he did blow hard in the under 18s on his draft year, but again that was after a really solid QMJHL playoff run).
Don't get me wrong I *like* Virtanen... but I think the comparisons with guys like Perry are silly.
You should probably factor in the fairly large age disparity between the two players, which is nearly 2 full years.
Jake Virtanen's playoffs
Born Aug 17, 1996
~15 years, 8 months - 5 games or 19% of his total playoff games played - 0 pts in 5 games
~16 years, 8 months - 15 games or 58% of games - 6 pts in 15 games
~17 years, 8 months - 6 games or 23% of games - 4 pts in 6 games
Anthony Mantha's playoffs
Born Sep 16, 1994
~16 years, 7 months - 0 games
~17 years, 7 months - 4 games or 11% of his total playoff games played - 4 pts in 4 games
~18 years, 7 months - 9 games or 24% of games - 12 pts in 9 games
~19 years, 7 months - 24 games or 65% of games - 38 pts in 24 games
So Mantha has played 89% of his playoff games at an older age (18 years, 7 months) than Virtanen is TODAY (17 years, 8 months) and the biggest source of his playoffs has been this season where he is just a few months shy of being 20. The closest comparable season for the two players is Virtanen's current year (4pts in 6 games) and Mantha's first playoffs (4pts in 4 games).
IMO a statistical comparison is really not worth making.
*Edit: Just saw the other responses to the original post. Guess I'm not adding anything new but oh well ...